Iran’s president: Hezbollah ‘cannot stand alone’ against Israel

By AFP 24 September 2024, 1:08 pm

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during the 38th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran, Iran, on September 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says that its proxy Hezbollah “cannot stand alone” against Israel, as the terror group fired rockets at northern Israel towns and the IDF renewed airstrikes against targets in Lebanon.

“Hezbollah cannot stand alone against a country that is being defended and supported and supplied by Western countries, by European countries and the United States,” Pezeshkian says in an interview with CNN translated from Farsi to English.

“We must not allow Lebanon to become another Gaza at the hands of Israel,” he says.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.