Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday that Lebanon's security is integral to Iran and the region, stressing that Tehran “will continue its strong support for the resistance and Lebanon.”
Speaking upon his arrival in Beirut, he said Israel has not achieved any of its declared goals months after its attack on Gaza and the West Bank.
He added that the “achievements that have been made so far are credited to the resistance in Lebanon, Palestine and the region.”
Palestinian and Lebanese resistance political and military leaders have carried out their work with all insight and knowledge, he went on to say.
Moreover, he said: “The victory of the resistance in Palestine has put on the table a political project that includes Hamas. We have frankly told the US that it should not support the genocide committed by the Zionists against Gaza and the crimes they are committing in the West Bank.”
“We have loudly declared since the beginning of this crisis that war is not the solution,” Amirabdollahian said. “The US’ continued support to the Zionist entity and [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu will only lead to their failure, which is unfolding right now.”
Moreover, he said Israel is seeking to “drag America into the quagmire of war in the Middle East.”
Amirabdollahian stressed that the US must cease its support for Israel, adding that “Hezbollah and the resistance in Lebanon have fulfilled their deterrent and influential role with all courage and wisdom.”
The FM met with Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah on Friday and caretaker Prime Minster Najib Mikati on Saturday. He is set to meet with Speaker Nabih Berri and his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bouhabib later in the day.
Lebanon is witnessing intense diplomatic activity aimed at preventing the spillover of Israel’s war on Gaza. Hezbollah and Israel have waged clashes on the southern border since the eruption of the conflict in October.
Israel has threatened to wage a largescale war on Lebanon if the diplomatic efforts fail in convincing Hezbollah to move its fighters north of the Litani River.
