Iran condemns UK’s decision to blacklist Palestine’s Hamas

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian

Tehran,(Samajweekly) Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has condemned Britain’s decision to declare the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) a terrorist organisation.

“The political solution for Palestine lies in a referendum among the indigenous residents (Muslim, Jewish and Christian),” Abdollahian wrote in a tweet before midnight on Friday.

“The rights of Palestinians cannot be trampled by distorting facts,” he said.

On Friday, British Interior Minister Priti Patel issued a statement saying she had “acted to proscribe Hamas in its entirety” under Britain’s Terrorism Act, Xinhua news agency reported.

London has listed the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, as a terrorist organization since 2000.

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