Rouhani on Saturday extended his congratulations to Lebanese President
Michel Aoun...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah
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Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as
The Resistanceand purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
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on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of Leb’s Resistance and Liberation Day, which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Arab country’s southern territory.
"Undoubtedly, Leb stands at the forefront of the fight against the Zionist regime’s extremism," the Iranian president said, adding that "convergence and unity in the golden triangle of the [Lebanese] government, army and resistance [front] have played a leading role in achieving this big victory."
He once again expressed Iran's strong support for the establishment of stability and peace in Leb.
The Israeli regime first invaded Leb in 1978 and later escalated the military operation into a full-scale offensive in 1982.
Following the 1982 offensive, known as the First Leb War, Tel Aviv refused to leave southern Leb and kept its military presence there in defiance of UN Security Council Resolution 425 that called on the regime to immediately withdraw.
However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
the Zionist enemy eventually buckled under the resistance put up by Hezbollah fighters and pulled out its forces from the occupied areas overnight on May 24, 2000, in what observers call a humiliating defeat for the regime in Tel Aviv and a glorious victory for Hezbollah.
During the 22-year entanglement with Leb, the Israeli military took heavy blows from Lebanese resistance fighters and reportedly lost some 900 of its soldiers.
That works out to an average of 41 a year...