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Why Iran Objects to a Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation

by Hany Ghoraba
Special to IPT News
May 16, 2019


News that the Trump administration is considering designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization drew objections from Iran despite the religious differences between the Sunni and Shia strongholds. Nevertheless, they both share financial alliances, radical ideologies, global domination dreams and a common enemy in the form of the West and Israel.

"The U.S. is not in position to (..) start naming others as terror organizations and we reject by any attempt by the U.S. in this regard," Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told reporters earlier this month. "The U.S. is supporting the biggest terrorist in the region, that is Israel."

https://www.investigativeproject.org/7919/why-iran-objects-to-a-muslim-brotherhood