IRGC Cmdr.: Hezbollah More Powerful than ‘Israel’
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‘Israel' no longer poses a "dangerous threat" to Iran following Hezbollah's rise to military prominence, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps [IRGC], Hossein Salami, declared.
The Iranian general said that the Islamic Republic had taken the decision to downgrade the threat posed by ‘Israel.' Salami's announcement followed Russian President, Vladimir Putin's, declaring victory in Syria on Monday.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah enhanced its reputation as a formidable force in the region. Analysts believe the resistance group recruited extensively and acquired new weapons and skills that turn it from a paramilitary group able to wage guerrilla operations into an actual mini-army.
In this respect, Salami's said that ‘Israel' had been removed from the level of a "dangerous threat" as it "is balanced with Hezbollah and Hezbollah has the superior hand in this balance and is more powerful than the Zionist regime."
Addressing a forum in Tehran on Monday, Salami stressed that "any new war between ‘Israel' and another party, including Hezbollah, threatens the [‘Israeli'] regime's survival". "This shows," explained Salami, "that the US is in serious decline in its ability to prolong the Zionist regime's survival."
Back in November, IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari underlined that any new war in the region will lead to the annihilation of the Zionist regime, an Iranian source reported.
Jafari warned that Lebanon is ‘Israel's' first target, and therefore the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance group should be armed against ‘Israel' to maintain security in Lebanon.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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