Lebanon.. Nasrallah denounces putting his party on terrorist lists in some countries, and Washington accuses it of threatening the safety of the international community

The Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, considered that putting the party on terrorist lists in some countries is linked to developments in the region, while Washington welcomed Australia's inclusion of Hezbollah on the terrorist lists.

Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Friday evening that putting the party on terrorist lists in a number of countries "may have something to do with developments in the region or the parliamentary elections."

Nasrallah considered that "the independence battle is still going on when we witness every day the blatant US interference in the judiciary, politics, security and the upcoming parliamentary elections."

He added that as long as his country is "in the circle of the Israeli threat", this means that the battle for independence and sovereignty continues.

On another issue, Nasrallah said that all the data indicate that the judges involved in the Beirut port explosion file are in the accusation and suspicion circle, and that the Lebanese judiciary protects each other, accusing unnamed parties of refusing to appear before the judiciary and refusing to extradite wanted persons.

Nasrallah added that investigations into the Tayouneh events in Beirut were accompanied by great pressure on the military judiciary, he said.

The Secretary-General of Hezbollah spoke about the initiative to purchase fuel from Iran, and about presenting it to a number of municipalities, government institutions and hospitals, calling on the government to reconsider recent decisions related to lifting subsidies on some medicines.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, journalist writer George Al-Akouri considered Hassan Nasrallah's speech to be electoral, although everything he referred to in the speech had been refuted by the Lebanese military establishment, as he put it.

On the other hand, the US State Department said it welcomes Australia's inclusion of Hezbollah, its political and military wings, in the list of terrorist organizations, and said in a statement that erasing the wrong distinctions of Hezbollah's military wing represents a critical step forward.

The State Department added that Hezbollah is a "dangerous terrorist organization that threatens the integrity of the international community and undermines the sovereignty of the Lebanese state."