Hezbollah Leader: Iran’s Unity Defeated U.S., Israel in Three Wars
BEIRUT (Dispatches) -- The secretary-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement on Sunday praised the resilience of various segments of Iranian society during the recent U.S.-Israeli wars of aggression against the Islamic Republic, stressing that perseverance will push back enemies and thwart their schemes.
“The United States and Israel have failed in three wars against the Islamic Republic of Iran due to the unity and resilience of the Iranian nation,” Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a speech on the occasion of Unity Week.
“As long as we stand firm and defend our rights and homeland, enemies will not manage to attain their objectives, no matter what sacrifices we might have to make or how many casualties we might sustain,” he added.
Sheikh Qassem noted that martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei transformed theoretical Muslim unity into practical unity and revived the Palestinian cause as the foremost and overriding issue of the Muslim world.
“Palestinians have made tremendous sacrifices with their money, weapons, and possessions in their struggle against the Tel Aviv regime and Washington,” he said.
“Such unity is what represents itself in Lebanon as the close connections between Hezbollah, the Amal Movement, and all political factions. They unanimously reject the Israeli occupation and strive for freedom,” the Hezbollah leader said.
“Nowadays, the U.S. acts as an enemy of the Muslim world and attempts to uproot the Islamic project and divest nations in the region of their rights,” Sheikh Qassem said.
He said Washington wants to dominate the homeland and future of regional peoples, direct nations in accordance with its misleading instructions, and enslave them.
“No matter what measures the U.S. and Israel would take, what severe sanctions they would enforce, and how intense their military aggression might be, steadfastness will foil enemies’ plots,” Sheikh Qassem pointed out.
The Hezbollah chief also affirmed that any retreat of Muslims in the face of enemies will result in their defeat and humiliation, because foes act mercilessly and are aggressively seeking to establish absolute dominance over the whole world.
He said that disagreements among Muslim governments should not open up an internal front and push Muslims towards forgetting all about their principal enemies.