Iran: Hezbollah can defend itself and Lebanon

Iran’s mission to the United Nations said that Hezbollah can defend both itself and Lebanon against Israel, warning that “perhaps the time for the self-annihilation of this illegitimate regime has come.”

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the UN mission said: “Any imprudent decision by the occupying Israeli regime to save itself could plunge the region into a new war.”

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have intensified following a televised speech by the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Wednesday. Nasrallah warned that there would be “no safe” place in Israel if it initiated a “full-scale war” against his group.