00:00Leader of the Islamic revolution Ayatollah Sayyid Mujtaba Khamenei has once again declared that
00:06Iran's support for Lebanon is unwavering. His remarks come as the Lebanese government
00:12ramps up coordination with Washington to weaken Hezbollah, even as analysts warn
00:17that this move could destroy the country. In a message published Sunday in response
00:23to Hezbollah's Pledge of Allegiance, Ayatollah Khamenei stated that Iran's condition for
00:28ending the war that the U.S. started against it five months ago still is that Israel must stop
00:35attacking Lebanon and withdraw its forces from the country. Since the war began, Iran has devastated
00:41U.S. military bases across the region, rendering some of them practically inoperable. The war is
00:48also leading to a global energy crisis which will only be averted if Iran agrees to return passage
00:56the foremost great to its pre-war levels. In his message, Ayatollah Khamenei emphasized that
01:03Iran's support for resistance groups like Hezbollah is a quote, strategic mandate. He added that U.S.
01:10and Israeli actions in West Asia over the past few years have made resistance the only viable path forward.
01:18the other changing interests of this pandemic the war went apart from".
01:20The U.S.
Comments