ISRAEL ON ALERT! Hezbollah is laying the groundwork to make Iran’s plan a reality

Hezbollah is laying the groundwork to make Iran’s plan a reality

“If the state does not have what it takes, we will negotiate the purchase of fuel from Tehran,” Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said on June 8.

As Lebanon grappled with its ongoing severe fuel crisis, Nasrallah took the opportunity to invite Beirut to turn eastward and import fuel needed to generate power from Iran, which he said could be paid for in Lebanese lira.

Any business deal with Iran comes with the threat of US sanctions, which makes the plan unrealistic in the current context.

Nasrallah’s remarks were not without ulterior motives. Hezbollah’s secretary-general “was very serious when he brought up the subject,” a source close to the party told L’Orient-Le Jour.

The source said he believes that the economic crisis plaguing Lebanon is the consequence of America’s desire to pressure Lebanon to yield to US demands. “Why would we be afraid of US sanctions when the country is already under siege?” he added.

Hezbollah is betting on the revival of the nuclear deal between the US and Iran before moving to develop relations between Beirut and Tehran.

The party’s desire to push Lebanon eastward is one of its fundamental aspirations and corresponds with the vision it has had since its creation in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution, which in 1979 established Iran as an Islamic republic. The revolution advocates for confronting the West and fighting its model.

The Iranian project is not only based on religious ideology or military power but also on the creation of loyal cells within various communities in many countries.

This social force, coupled with ideological, militaristic and financial power, would yield long-term influence and achieve economic and financial goals.

Amid Lebanon’s economic and financial collapse, Hezbollah believes the time is ripe for the country to turn eastward or, failing that, to rely on Iran in many sectors, including oil and gas, medicine and other areas of cooperation.

The aim is to completely gravitate toward the Iranian axis, on condition that this axis does not falter and remains in place. Thus, the importance of the nuclear deal.

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