Nasrallah Warns U.S., Israel against Targeting Lebanon-Bound Iranian Fuel Ship
Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday announced that a first ship carrying diesel and other essential goods would sail from Iran to Lebanon "within hours," warning the U.S. and Israel against targeting it.
"Our first ship will sail from Iran within hours, carrying the needed material," Nasrallah said in a defiant speech marking the last day of the Ashura religious commemorations.
"More ships will also come from Iran, not only this ship," he noted.
"We do not want a confrontation with anyone and we only want to help our people," Nasrallah added. He however warned the U.S. and Israel against targeting the ship.
"I tell the Americans and Israelis that when the ship sails from Iran within hours, we will consider it to be 'Lebanese territory,'" Hizbullah's chief said.
He added: "We reject to be humiliated in a military war, political war or economic war."
Stressing that Iran "has never let down its allies," Nasrallah said that slain Iranian general "Qassem Soleimani's chopped hand on the land of Baghdad airport is the biggest proof."
"Iran has never interfered in Lebanon's internal affairs and we are not tools in the hands of this dear state," Nasarallah said.
Describing Lebanon's fuel crisis as "fabricated," Nasrallah called on the state to intervene against monopolists.
"If monopolists do not stop their inhumane ways, it will not be enough for security forces to seize their quantities, they must be put in jail," Nasrallah urged.
"Had the state intervened from the beginning of the crisis with a courageous decision as it did in the past days, we would not have witnessed the queues of humiliation," he said.
Nasrallah also lashed out anew at Washington and the U.S. embassy in Lebanon.
"The U.S. embassy is behind all this incitement for the Lebanese against each other," Nasrallah said.
"The U.S. embassy present in Awkar is not a diplomatic representation mission, it is an embassy for conspiring against Lebanon's people," he charged.
Addressing Hizbullah's foes, Nasrallah added: "Do not try us in any military war, security war or economic war."
As for the issue of the new government, Nasrallah said: "Like the rest of the Lebanese, we are looking forward with hope to the outcome of the meetings between the President and the PM-designate."
"We call for the formation of a government in Lebanon and we reject vacuum," he said.
"Some accuse us of not exerting enough pressures on our allies and friends, but this is meaningless," he added.
He also emphasized that Iran "has never interfered in the formation and resignation of governments in Lebanon."
"The countries that interfere through their embassies are well-known," Nasrallah said.
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19 August 2021, 09:56
Nasrallah to foes: Do not try us in any military war, security war or economic war.
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19 August 2021, 09:55
Nasrallah: The U.S. embassy present in Awkar is not a diplomatic representation mission, it is an embassy for conspiring against Lebanon's people.
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19 August 2021, 09:53
Nasrallah: The U.S. embassy is behind all this incitement for the Lebanese against each other.
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19 August 2021, 09:52
Nasrallah said that it would be wrong for Hizbullah to interfere in domestic unrest, adding that it is the responsibility of the state.
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19 August 2021, 09:47
Nasrallah: Iran has never interfered in Lebanon's internal affairs and we are not tools in the hands of this dear state.
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19 August 2021, 09:46
Nasrallah: Iran has never let down its allies and Qassem Soleimani's chopped hand on the land of Baghdad airport is the biggest proof.
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19 August 2021, 09:45
Nasrallah: We reject to be humiliated in a military war, political war or economic war.
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19 August 2021, 09:44
Nasrallah: I tell the Americans and Israelis that when the ship sails from Iran within hours, we will consider it "Lebanese territory."
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19 August 2021, 09:43
Nasrallah: We do not want a confrontation with anyone and we only want to help our people.
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19 August 2021, 09:39
Nasrallah: More ships will also come from Iran, not only this ship.
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19 August 2021, 09:39
Nasrallah: Had the state intervened from the beginning of the crisis with a courageous decision as it did in the past days, we would not have witnessed the queues of humiliation.
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19 August 2021, 09:39
Nasrallah: Our first ship will sail from Iran within hours, carrying the needed material.
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19 August 2021, 09:37
Nasrallah: If monopolists do not stop their inhumane ways, it will not be enough for security forces to seize their quantities, they must be put in jail.
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19 August 2021, 09:36
Nasrallah: The fuel crisis in Lebanon has turned out to be fabricated.
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19 August 2021, 09:33
Nasrallah: Like the rest of the Lebanese, we are looking forward with hope to the outcome of the meetings between the President and the PM-designate.
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19 August 2021, 09:33
Nasrallah: Iran has never interfered in the formation and resignation of governments in Lebanon. The countries that interfere through their embassies are well-known.
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19 August 2021, 09:32
Nasrallah: Some accuse us of not exerting enough pressures on our allies and friends, but this is meaningless.
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19 August 2021, 09:31
Nasrallah: We call for the formation of a government in Lebanon and we reject vacuum.
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19 August 2021, 09:30
Nasrallah: We reiterate to friends and foes that the resistance in Lebanon is strong.
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19 August 2021, 09:29
Nasrallah: Let no one make wrong calculations. Israel is the anxious party these days.
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19 August 2021, 09:26
Nasrallah: U.S. forces must leave the Tanaf area (in Syria), because there are no Daesh forces there.
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19 August 2021, 09:26
Nasrallah: Iraq has decided that the U.S. combat forces should leave its soil at the end of the year, and this is an important issue on the way of achieving Iraqi sovereignty.
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19 August 2021, 09:24
Nasrallah: After the U.S. defeat in Afghanistan, all eyes will be fixed in the coming months on the U.S. occupation in Iraq and Syria.
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19 August 2021, 09:22
Nasrallah: The Zionists fear any Iraqi role in any grand war.
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19 August 2021, 09:20
Nasrallah: We reiterate our call for adopting a regional equation that can protect the holy sites and the holy city (of Jerusalem), and this is the responsibility of the entire (Islamic) nation.
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19 August 2021, 09:20
Nasrallah: We are looking forward to the day on which the Zionist invaders will leave the land of Palestine, because this is the fate of every occupier.
19 August 2021, 09:21
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The day this evil Iranian Sectarian Terrorist is brutally and violently murdered is the day we celebrate our true independence.
19 August 2021, 09:34
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Israel... Palestine... Afghanistan... Iraq...Syria... what is this Iranian agent talking about!!?
19 August 2021, 09:50
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Nasrallah: Like the rest of the Lebanese, we are looking forward with hope to the outcome of the meetings between the President and the PM-designate.
You are not Lebanese, so stfu!
19 August 2021, 10:07
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Hassan Nasrallah Satana Akbar, I guess chemo therapy is not working for him.
19 August 2021, 10:43
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نصرالله: السفارة الأميركية في عوكر هي من تحرض اللبنانيين على بعضهم وهي ليست سفارة تمثيل دبلوماسي بل سفارة تآمر على كرامة الانسان في لبنان
Just as the USA donated $100 million in aid to Lebanon. Execute him!
19 August 2021, 10:47
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Ya Nassrallah Ya Habeeb , Oudrob Oudrob Tal Abeeb
“هيهات منا الذلة - لبيك يا نصرالله”
“منشان الله يا سيد يالا”
"شيعة، شيعة، شيعة”
Shia Shia Shia !!!
19 August 2021, 11:41
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This nut head one time says that he doesn't control Lebanon, while his actions reveal total disregard to the government and to the Lebanese, who in their majority, hate him to the bones. Hence, who is controlling Lebanon? Just tell me Mr. Nasrallah. And before you threaten Israel, why don't you come out of your rat hole you are hiding in to see how courageous you are?
19 August 2021, 12:17
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Nasrallah: More ships will also come from Iran, not only this ship.
Did the Iranian terrorist consult and get the agreement of the Lebanese government to bring these Iranian ships which will no doubt bring more sanctions and isolation onto Lebanon. One more evidence this terrorist is the actual ruler of Lebanon and he does what he pleases.
19 August 2021, 22:10
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Yeah, sure just like you are the most intelligent commentator on Naharnet, NOT!
IRHAL
19 August 2021, 22:15
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Iran in its current form and theocratic government cannot be allowed to continue.
They are like the mushroom of the earth feeding on the misery they promulgate everywhere they set foot. Just a matter of time...
20 August 2021, 00:40
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Lebanon's supreme leader and smuggler supremo decrees that he will not stop his smuggling to Syria of fuel subsidized by the hard earned cash of the Lebanese people. He will instead smuggle a ship of Iranian diesel and other essential goods (ammonium nitrate probably to replace the ones he lost in the port blast) and in return pay the Ayatollah with some of Lebanon's central bank gold like the Venezuelan central bank did for their shipment.
20 August 2021, 00:48
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Excellent and very appropriate comment..... Please, keep your sunni contributions coming.
20 August 2021, 01:33
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the plot starts to unfold: a pathetic farce…the once-upon-a-time resistance, well aware that it is not needed anymore, is desperately trying to justify its presence, this time trying to play Lebanon’s savior… after years of amassing fortunes in money and goods through Iranian founding and hoarding and smuggling - thus being one of the main factors leading to the economic collapse - now Lebanese people is getting back only the crumbles of what had been stolen, so that Iran can act as the generous donor and Hzb as the virtuous facilitator
20 August 2021, 02:07
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«ليست هبة».. ايران توضح: «تجار شيعة» لبنانيين اشتروا شحنة الوقود!:
https://janoubia.com/2021/08/19/ليست-هبة-ايران-توضح-تجار-شيعة-لبن/
20 August 2021, 02:28
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lol @ the 'Sunni' muslim from Dahieh with a fake British Passport.
20 August 2021, 02:59
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How much is the kilo? I m referring to whatever you’re smoking.
20 August 2021, 03:00
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The Iranian terrorist smuggles our subsidized fuel to Syria and imports Iranian oil and sells to his people at market prices.
20 August 2021, 07:46
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What's funny in all of this is this funny-hatted who has been living underground scared shitless from Israel for more than 15 years, is now threatening Israel, and with who? the Lebanese people!!!! What a country indeed!!!!
20 August 2021, 11:54
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As has been mentioned in other places before now, this problem would not have been one if, if, if, Lebanon would not have torn up the Peace Treaty Working Paper with Israel in the 1980's.
Lebanon would have had oil, coming through the present Eilat-Ashkelon pipeline, electricity from the Israeli National Grid, and of course the natural gas fields adjoint to those of Israel which are already working for a few years.
20 August 2021, 12:15
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Peace would be possible of the terrorist state of Israel stop is terrorizing actions. go back to your bomb shelter and be quit
20 August 2021, 19:48
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Isn't it about time you looked at the calendar and saw that we are no longer in 1948, although it seems that all the world has gone forward, except for you.
