Ali Larijani made clear in Beirut that Tehran expects Hezbollah’s arsenal to remain intact as Iran sees an increasing chance of a new war with Israel, political and security, sources told The National.......
The chief of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council's meetings in Beirut last week were followed by a visit from US envoys Tom Barrack and Morgan Ortagus to Lebanon on Monday, trying to gauge the consequences of Tehran’s message.
Mr Larijani met Iraqi leaders in Baghdad before heading to Beirut, delivering a similar message to Tehran’s allies, the sources said.
“There is a single context for Larijani’s visits to Iraq and Lebanon: both countries, in his view, are facing direct US interventions aimed at imposing a security-political reality that serves American agendas in the region,” a political source in Beirut said.
