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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Hezbollah delegation met Larijani in Damascus over Lebanon
2008-01-07
The political assistant of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Hajj Hussein Khalil and MP Ali Hassan Khalil traveled today to Damascus to meet Ali Larijani, the adviser to the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Larijani ( pictured) is currently visiting Syria and met today with president Bashar el Assad and VP Farouk al Sharaa.

Larijani told the Iranian reporters following the meeting with Hezbollah that they discussed the Arab plan for ending the crises in Lebanon and ways and means for reaching a compromise solution . The meeting was “useful and constructive “ he added .

Earlier Larijani said "the key to the current crisis is in the hands of the Lebanese", stressing the "need to find a solution to this crisis as soon as possible". He added that" Iran and Syria have identical views with regards to the solution of the Lebanese crises". The Iranian official dismissed U.S. efforts to break his country's alliance with Syria as "dreams and illusions ."

According to Lebanese political analyst Ahmed Hussein, "the Hezbollah delegation is meeting with Larijani to get his opinion on how Hezbollah should respond to the Arab plan for ending Lebanon crises". he added " we will know what orders advice Larijani gave Hezbollah from Nasrallah's reaction to the Arab plan." So far Nasrallah has not uttered any word in reaction to the Arab plan , even though his ally Speaker Nabih Berri has already blessed it today.

Iran created Hezbollah in 1982 and continues to be its primary financial backer and arms supplier. In 1987, Nasrallah traveled to a seminary in Qum, Iran for religious studies. He returned to Lebanon in 1989 and later that year, went back to Iran to represent Hezbollah. He returned to Lebanon in 1991, but travels to Iran on regular bases.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Wow - the only direct quote not included in the string of Larijani's direct statements is, "they follow our orders immediately and without question".

Any other conclusion makes no sense - see Occam.
Posted by: Chusong Grundy6409   2008-01-07 10:34  

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