At a political forum held in Tehran to discuss the latest developments in Lebanon, Abdullah Safieddin added that this is the first time the United Nations has ever failed to call for an immediate ceasefire in hostilities between Lebanon and the Zionist regime.
Ever since Israeli forces were defeated and forced to withdraw from Lebanese territory in the year 2000, the Zionist regime has been seeking a way to save face for that episode, he observed.
“In the same year, the United States and Europe increased the pressure on Hezbollah. The pressure was intensified after the assassination of Rafiq Hariri. Of course, a few days before the assassination, the United Nations had ratified the peculiar Resolution 1559, which included a call to disarm Hezbollah. Consequently, Syrian forces were told to withdraw from Lebanese territory, and then the disarmament of Hezbollah was put on their agenda,” he added.
However, Hezbollah was able to convince most Lebanese groups that it needs to be armed and equipped to defend Lebanon because Israel can not be trusted, he noted.
Commenting on the atrocities committed by the Zionist regime in Lebanon, he said that the Israeli forces intended to destroy all residential neighborhoods and military bases of Hezbollah forces and to disarm it in one week, but they failed to achieve these objectives.
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