IRAN LASHES OUT AT EGYPTIAN ANTI-HAMAS COURT RULING

Tehran, 14 Jumadil Awwal 1436/5 March 2015 (MINA) – Iran has reacted strongly after the Cairo court of urgent matters blacklisted the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas as a “terrorist” organization.

A consortium of Iranian institutions and official bodies said the Egyptian verdict serves the interests of the Israeli occupation, only, calling on the Cairo authorities to rescind the biased decree, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

Therefore, 151 members in the Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly condemned, in a statement issued Wednesday, the verdict, pointing out Iran’s pro-Palestine position and its unyielding back-up of Islamic resistance movements in their struggle against the Israeli occupation.

In the meantime, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham also condemned the court decision and cautioned Cairo to avoid moves which could pave the ground for the Israeli regime’s misuse.

“Hamas is a popular resistance movement fighting the Israeli occupation and pursuing a clear path and approach,” she added.

The parliament’s Palestine and Islamic Resistance bloc also issued a similar statement condemning the blacklisting of Hamas by Cairo and urged Egypt to stand by Palestinians.

The ruling is a dangerous move of hypocrisy falsifying the truth and undermining the values respected by the Islamic Nation, the statement read.

The measure cannot be accepted by any freedom-seeking person, especially people’s representatives in the Islamic and revolutionary country of Iran, it added.

A chain of separate statements issued by Iran-based pro-Palestine associations, meanwhile, lashed out at Cairo’s designation of Hamas as terrorist.

The al-Aqsa Foundation voiced in a statement Iran’s support of the Hamas resistance fighters, dubbing the Egyptian court ruling a real “shame” and a “farce” that stands in sharp contrast to the essence of Hamas’s heroic history.(T/P008//R04)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)