UN Ambassador Danny Danon presents to the Security Council what he says is “new evidence” showing Iran has been “using civilian flights to Lebanon to send arms and ammunition to Hezbollah,” according to a press release from his office.
In a letter to UNSC members, Danon says the Iranian Republican Guard “is using airlines such as Mahan Air to supply Hezbollah with the capacity to enhance its missile arsenal. The arms and related materials are packed in suitcases by the Quds Force in Iran and transferred directly to Hezbollah operatives.”
He says these arms arrive either via “commercial flights to Beirut” or flown to Damascus and then delivered overland to Hezbollah.
Danon maintains that in doing so, Iran is “in blatant violation of numerous Security Council resolutions,” including resolutions 2231, endorsing last year’s nuclear deal, and 1701, which ratified the ceasefire ending the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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