Hezbollah head thanks visiting Iranian security chief for help confronting Israel

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem met with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council chief Ali Larijani and thanked him for Tehran’s ongoing support in confronting Israel, the Lebanese terror group says.

In the Beirut meeting, Qassem hailed Larijani “for the ongoing support to Lebanon and its resistance against the Israeli enemy,” Hezbollah says.

He also thanked Iran for its support for Lebanon’s “unity, sovereignty and independence,” and emphasized “the brotherly relations between the Lebanese and Iranian people.”

Recent statements from Iranian officials in support of Hezbollah keeping its weapons have angered Lebanese government officials, who tasked the army with drawing up a plan to disarm the terror group by the end of the year.