Iran Pledges Support to Hezbollah Amid Lebanon Disarmament Row

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Above: Ali Larijani in Beirut on Aug. 13, 2025. Image copyright: AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Iran narrative

Hezbollah successfully regrouped after the Israeli regime's large-scale aggression and remains a formidable force, with the Lebanese people rejecting the latest U.S. push to disarm the resistance group. knowing that this would jeopardize regional stability and disrupt Lebanon's security balance. The Iranian people are well aware that the U.S. and Israeli disarmament campaign is a blatant attempt to strip Lebanon of its strongest deterrent, while simultaneously attempting to economically strangle Iran, which Tehran will never allow.

Tehran Times PressTV

Anti-Iran narrative

Iran’s urgent outreach to Saudi Arabia highlights Tehran’s growing anxiety over fading regional clout as Hezbollah struggles to regroup a year after Hassan Nasrallah’s death. Even with Iranian backing and defiant vows to keep its arsenal, the militia faces unprecedented international pressure for disarmament. Lebanon’s government, heeding U.S. demands, has pledged to remove Hezbollah’s weapons by year’s end — signaling that Tehran’s key proxy is weakening and Iran’s long-standing influence across the Levant is visibly eroding.

France 24 Eurasian Times

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