Report: Araghchi told Qassem to show leniency, even on arms
In his latest meeting with Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi relayed a message from Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei that “Hezbollah should observe vigilance and caution and adapt to the new situation in the region,” sources close to Hezbollah said.
Araghchi also told Qassem that Hezbollah’s “religious duty” at the moment is to “protect itself until the situations change,” advising the group’s leadership to “soften its rhetoric and seek rapprochement with the Lebanese state during this period,” the Asharq al-Awsat newspaper quoted the sources as saying.
“Qassem responded by saying that Israel want to eradicate Hezbollah through the removal of arms, prompting Araghchi to say that the arms can be recovered if they were handed over and that what’s important is Hezbollah’s survival, which led to uncomfortable silence during the meeting that eventually ended in a tepid fashion,” the sources added.
12 June 2025, 17:14
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Araghchi told Qassem “at the moment we cannot help you, we need to cover our own arses now. So your religious duty, as ordered by the ᛋᛋupreme boss Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is to exercise the most extreme form of Taqiyya and lie, lie and lie thru your teeth and wait. To the ᛋᛋupreme Leader, Hezbollah’s survival is much more important than the survival of Lebanon, its people, including even the Shias; capisce!”
13 June 2025, 12:59
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“protect itself until the situations change,”
Or in plain simple English, Hizballah is waiting to grab the opportunity to take over the whole of Lebanon whilst the President and the Prime Minister are doing nothing about it.
13 June 2025, 13:00
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“protect itself until the situations change,”
Or in plain simple English, Hizballah is waiting to grab the opportunity to take over the whole of Lebanon whilst the President and the Prime Minister are doing nothing about it.
