[Al Arabiya Latest] Iran is ready to give Lebanon military equipment, such as an air-defense system, to support its armed resistance against Israel, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran, and in particular Ayatollah Khamenei, will not hold back on anything that will help Lebanon be a strong and dignified state, and without conditions," Nasrallah said.
"So far, Lebanon has not requested arms and Iran will not offer them unless asked," he said in a televised address to mark the ninth anniversary of Israel's troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon after 22 years.
"But Iran will help any Lebanese government that requests military aid," he told a crowd of thousands gathered in the eastern Lebanon Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek.
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Haha- Iran should be more worried about whether Lebanon and Hezbollah will come to their aid when Israel bomb Tehran in.. hmm say six months from now?
[Iran Press TV Latest] The US State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly says that the US was not involved in the bombing of a mosque in southeastern Iran.
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[Al Arabiya Latest] Three people were injured Friday after gunmen on motorbikes attacked President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election campaign center in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan, where a day before a suicide bomber blew himself up in a Shiite mosque, which the Islamic republic accused the United States of orchestrating.
"Three knife-wielding people on motorbikes stopped outside the center on Saadi Street, cursed, made threats and tore up billboards," Mohammad Reza Zahed Sheikhi, who heads Ahmadinejad's election office in Zahedan, told official news agency IRNA.
The attack comes a day after a suicide bomber killed 25 people and wounded 125 others in an attack on a Shiite mosque in Zahedan, in Sistan-Baluchestan province bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Earlier, the Iranian Jundullah (God's soldiers) opposition group declared its responsibility for Thursday's suicide bombing, a group spokesman told AlArabiya.
Abdul Raouf al-Riji said that the blast targeted a meeting of the Iranian Basij forces, which are affiliated with Iran's Revolutionary Guards. The meeting inside the mosque was aimed to coordinate election strategy.
He added that Thursday's attack was a suicide bombing that was carried out by a group member called Abdul Khaleq al-Mulla.
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Yeah, it wuz us. 'Cause no Sunni ever blowed up a Shia mosque without us forcin' 'em to.
BAALBEK, Lebanon - Iran is ready to give Lebanon military equipment, such as an air-defense system, to support its armed resistance against Israel, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, and in particular Ayatollah (Ali) Khamenei, will not hold back on anything that will help Lebanon be a strong and dignified state, and without conditions, Nasrallah said.
So far, Lebanon has not requested arms and Iran will not offer them unless asked, he said in a televised address to mark the ninth anniversary of Israels troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon after 22 years.
Did he show himself or does Lebanon get six more weeks of winter?
But Iran will help any Lebanese government that requests military aid, he told a crowd of thousands gathered in the eastern Lebanon Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek.
Nasrallah also dismissed as farcical US aid to the Lebanese army, which amounts to close to half a billion dollars in training and armament since 2005 but does not include anti-aircraft defense.
He urged his supporters to vote for his Hezbollah-led opposition alliance in the June 7 parliamentary election, saying his coalition would ensure the army was well-equipped to defend Lebanon against Israeli.
Air defense systems are necessary for the army to face Israel, he said. Who can secure these weapons for Lebanon? Vote for the opposition and I will point you in that direction, he said in an apparent reference to Iran which backs the Hezbollah-led opposition alliance.
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for some reason i don't think Lebanon and Israel would have any problems with each other if not for Nasrallah and hezbullies
WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday rejected claims by Iranian officials that it was behind the deadly bombing of a Shiite mosque in southeastern Iran.
We condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms, and extend our sympathies to the families injured and killed, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said.
We note with concern a recent trend of bombings of Shiite mosques in Iraq and Pakistan as well as in Iran and strongly condemn any kind of sectarian driven violence, he said. The US strongly condemns all forms of terrorism. We do not sponsor any form of terrorism in Iran and we continue to work with the international community to try to prevent any attacks against innocent civilians anywhere.
If we had a CIA that was any good the word on the street would be that the Syrians did it ...
We do not sponsor any form of terrorism anywhere in the world. Never have, never will, he said when reporters said it could be inferred that United States might sponsor terrorism elsewhere.
In Tehran, Iranian officials accused the United States on Friday of hiring those behind a suicide bombing of a Shiite mosque that killed 25 people, linking the attack to next months presidential election.
Three people involved with the terrorist incident were arrested, said Jalal Sayah, deputy governor of Sistan-Baluchestan, the province bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan where the attack took place. According to the information obtained they were hired by America and the agents of the arrogance, Sayah told the Fars news agency. Officials usually use the term global arrogance to refer to Iran arch-foe the United States.
Interior Minister Sadegh Mahsooli also pointed the finger towards the United States and Israel.
Of course he did, that's what he was told to do ...
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hands out potatoes to poor to buy presidential votes. The stakes in Iran's presidential election could scarcely be higher, but it is the lowly potato that has been grabbing attention.
The Government is handing out 400,000 tonnes of free spuds in rural towns. It says that it is merely distributing the surplus from a bumper crop, but Mr Ahmadinejad's opponents accuse it of bribing the poor. "Death to potatoes," they chant at rallies.
Mr Ahmadinejad is expected to win. He has pointedly visited and distributed largesse in every one of Iran's 28 provinces and is still the darling of the devout and rural poor. YJCMTSU
What's the poor man to do? He was caught bribing voters with Israeli oranges that turned out to be Chinese fakes. At least nobody is going to forge a potato.
Lebanese-Syrian relations are deeply rooted, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Friday.
Presenting Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdulkarim to Lebanese authorities stresses the two countries' commitment to the decisions taken in Damascus, Suleiman said in a statement issued on the sidelines of the event, Suleiman said.
The significance of the step comes from the fact that such action is dictated by international laws, Suleiman said, noting Lebanese-Syrian relations are historic, and wished the ambassador all the best. The diplomatic exchange between the two countries put into action the decisions made at last year's summit on August 13 in Damascus.
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BAALBEK, Lebanon - Iran is ready to give Lebanon military equipment, such as an air-defense system, to support its armed resistance against Israel, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday.
WASHINGTON - The United States on Friday rejected claims by Iranian officials that it was behind the deadly bombing of a Shiite mosque in southeastern Iran.
Lebanese-Syrian relations are deeply rooted, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Friday.
