Senior Iranian MP blasts EU's double-standard policy on terrorism

A senior Iranian lawmaker underlined that the latest decision made by the European Union (EU) to put the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement in its terrorist organizations blacklist is testifies to the western states' double-standard policy on terrorism. Vice-Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Esmayeel Kosari said the decision to blacklist Hezbollah inflicted a heavy loss on the EU and revealed the true nature of the Union to both Muslim and non-Muslim nations. “On the one hand, they (EU) call the fighters, who bravely fight against the powerful army of the West, terrorist, and on the other hand, they support terrorist assassins who have beheaded innocent people, including Muslims and Christians,” Kosari underlined. EU governments on Monday agreed to list the armed wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist group but the EU ignored pressure from the US and Israel to ban the Lebanese organization outright, allowing contacts with its political representatives. The decision by EU foreign ministers came after months of wrangling among member states, who needed to agree the ban unanimously. But there was condemnation from Beirut, where the government had described Hezbollah as "an essential component of the Lebanese society". Leading politicians warned the move would play into the hands of Israel. The Lebanese al-Manar TV channel, reported, "Israel has imposed its will on Europe."