Posts Tagged: Iran Lebanon
Iranian FM Meets Hezbollah Leader in Beirut as Tehran Tries to Ramp Up Support for Weakened Terror Proxy
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem in Beirut on Wednesday, as Tehran moves to bolster its weakened terror proxy and...
Lebanon Reprimands Iran Envoy Over Comments on Hezbollah Disarmament
Lebanon's foreign ministry reprimanded Tehran's ambassador to Beirut on Thursday over comments alleging that plans to disarm Iran-backed Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah were a "conspiracy." Hezbollah is under mounting pressure...
Iran Bars Lebanese Planes From Taking Stranded Citizens Home After Israeli ‘Threat’
Iran barred Lebanese planes from repatriating dozens of Lebanese nationals stranded in Iran on Friday, in a standoff after Lebanon blocked an Iranian civilian flight following what Tehran described as an Israeli threat to attack it. Lebanon halted an Iranian flight to...
Iran Says it Aims to Continue Fuel Product Shipments to Lebanon Despite Sanctions
Iran aims to continue sending fuel products to Lebanon in the future and hopes a bilateral agreement can be struck for that purpose, Iranian Foreign...
Hezbollah Is an Iranian Strategic Tool
Hezbollah’s rocket and missile arsenal in Lebanon has long been classified as a threat of strategic significance to Israel. Moreover, Hezbollah’s extensive precision guidance project...
Don’t Respond in Lebanon; Respond in Gaza
After many years of calm, the Lebanese border is heating up. The latest barrage of rockets into the Galilee was carried out by Hezbollah in...
Iran and Its Proxies Face the Costs of Imperialism
In a serious jolt to the Iranian regime, recent weeks have seen recurrent attacks on the headquarters of pro-Iranian militia headquarters in Iraq’s southern provinces....
Has the Iranian Empire Overreached?
Since December 2017, a sort of “rolling rebellion” has been occurring across Iran. It is bigger, deeper, and stronger than the Green Revolution of 2009,...
Lebanon: On the Verge of Collapse
Faced with the spectacle of hundreds of thousands of citizens protesting in the streets of Lebanon, Prime Minister Saad Hariri submitted a letter of resignation...
Iran Is Smuggling Weapons Through Lebanon, and Israel Must Respond
JNS.org - A recent report by Fox News stated that Iran has begun using civilian flights to Beirut international airport for the trafficking of weapons to Hezbollah. This report,...
How Popular Is Iran in Lebanon?
Iran’s hard power in Lebanon is well-known. At its beck and call is the Hezbollah militia, the powerful military force through which Iran largely controls...
US Calls for Action to Halt Iran’s Growing ‘Network of Proxies’
US National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster called on Saturday for more forceful action to halt Iran's development of what he said was an increasingly powerful...
Iranian Imperialism and Jew-Hatred Could Spark New Israel-Hezbollah War
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s suspension of his surprise resignation has been reported as part of the power struggle between Shiite Muslim Iran and Sunni...
Iranian Foreign Minister Slams Washington Think Tank Over Revelations of Tehran’s Backing of Al Qaeda
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has lashed out at a Washington, DC-based think tank for its ongoing revelations about the cooperation between the Tehran regime and...
