TEHRAN: Iran‘s President Masoud Pezeshkian stated Tuesday that its ally Hezbollah “can’t stand alone” towards Israel, which carried out its deadliest day of air strikes on Lebanon since 2006.
“Hezbollah can’t stand alone towards a rustic that’s being defended and supported and provided by Western international locations, by European international locations and the US,” Pezeshkian stated in an interview with CNN translated from Farsi to English.
He known as on the worldwide group to “not enable Lebanon to turn into one other Gaza,” in response to a query on whether or not Iran would use its affect with Hezbollah to induce restraint.
On Monday, over 550 individuals, together with 50 youngsters, have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, in response to the nation’s well being ministry.
The Israeli army stated it had hit about 1,600 Hezbollah targets on Monday, killing a “massive quantity” of militants, and had carried out extra strikes on Tuesday.
Pezeshkian, who has been in New York for the annual UN Basic Meeting, denounced the United Nations’ “inaction” towards Israel on Tuesday.
“In my assembly with the Secretary Basic of the United Nations, I stated the UN inaction towards the crimes of the occupying regime makes no sense and incomprehensible,” he stated in a put up on social media platform X.
“I expressed my deep concern concerning the unfold of the battle in your complete Center East,” he added.
The Israeli strikes got here lower than per week after coordinated sabotage assaults focusing on Hezbollah’s communication units killed 39 individuals and wounded nearly 3,000.
Iranian media blamed Israel for the obvious slide in the direction of full-fledged struggle.
“The Zionist regime has pressed the all-out struggle button,” stated the ultraconservative Javan newspaper, whereas its rival Kayhan requested: “Has the large struggle begun?”
Authorities every day Iran warned “the area is on the verge of an enormous explosion.” Reformist newspaper Etemad stated “peace in Lebanon is hanging by a thread.”
The Iranian president additionally accused Israel of warmongering, saying “it’s Israel that seeks to create this wider battle.”
“We all know higher than anybody that if a bigger struggle erupts within the Center East, it’ll profit nobody globally,” Pezeshkian instructed journalists at a roundtable.
He added that Iran had “by no means began a struggle within the final 100 years” and was “not trying to trigger insecurity”.
However he insisted that Iran “won’t ever enable a rustic to pressure us into one thing and threaten our safety and territorial integrity.”
Tehran-based political commentator Mohammad Reza Manafi in the meantime steered that regardless of the powerful rhetoric, the Islamic republic was extra keen on a method of restraint.
“Israel is making an attempt exhausting to tug Iran’s ft into direct struggle,” Manafi stated, however “Iran intends to proceed restraint within the present scenario.”
“There may be nonetheless an extended approach to Iran’s doable direct involvement within the struggle… however it’ll proceed supporting Hezbollah,” he added.
