“Iran’s president and officials have reiterated that the country’s stance towards Hezbollah would not change”, Nasrallah said at the Shahed Educational Complex in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
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BEIRUT The Lebanese Hezbollah panel determines it might continue to trust in Iran’s support following Tehran’s nuclear deal by having whole world capabilities, leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday.
Iran “has ideological relations with its allies that prevail over political interests”, Nasrallah said.
However, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – an avid supporter of Nasrallah and the Shiite group Hezbollah – has continued to criticize the US in the wake of the deal.
Nasrallah said that it was the Lebanese government’s responsibility to protect its citizens who are being punished by the United States.
“We have no investment accounts…these measures will not change things either way”, Nasrallah said.
The Treasury said it had taken action in June against Hezbollah front companies.
“We say this loud and clear: we receive material and financial support from the Islamic republic, and we are proud of that fact”.
Founded in the 1980s by Iran’s Guardians of the Revolution and financed and armed by Tehran, Hezbollah has become a powerful armed party advocating armed struggle against Israel.
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“Sanctions on Hezbollah members don’t make a difference because they neither have money nor have made deposits in banks worldwide”, Nasrallah pointed.
