Iranian official on Hezbollah disarmament: This dream will be buried
Brig. Gen. Iraj Masjedi, the assistant commander of Iran’s Quds Force for coordination affairs, said Thursday that “the project of removing Hezbollah’s arms in Lebanon is a failed scheme by America and the Zionist regime (Israel),” adding that “this dream will be buried with them.”
His remarks come as the Lebanese Foreign Ministry slammed statements by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as “an attack on Lebanon's sovereignty, unity and stability,” and “interference in its internal affairs and sovereign decisions.”
“The resistance’s arms are the weapons of the Lebanese people to defend their land, and this scheme will not be fruitful, neither in the Lebanese defense council nor in any other arena,” Masjedi added.
“The resistance forces are always ready, and so is the Islamic Republic of Iran, for any possible scenario,” the Iranian official said.
Source: Naharnet
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