German Parliament: Its Resolution to Ban Hezbollah is Just a Legal Charade | Gatestone Institute

Germany, however, has refused to ban Hezbollah’s „political wing,“ which continues to raise funds in the country. A German foreign ministry official, Niels Annen, has said that such a ban would be counterproductive because „we focus on dialogue.“ His comment has been understood to mean that the German government does not want to burn bridges with Hezbollah’s sponsor, the Islamic Republic of Iran.