Hezbollah resistance movement has identified Iran as a brotherly nation, denouncing Lebanese authorities’ preventing an Iranian plane from landing in Beirut under Israeli threats and pressure.
“Iran is a friendly state,” Mahmoud Qamati, Deputy Head of Hezbollah's Political Council, said in the Lebanese capital on Saturday, addressing a protest held by the Lebanese people against the Israeli regime’s interference in Lebanon, and its deadly violations of the country’s sovereignty, Press TV reported.
Qamati emphasized the historical and strategic ties between Iran and Lebanon, describing the Islamic Republic as a country that had consistently supported Lebanon without imposing conditions.
"If you, politicians, choose to submit, the resistance people reject American and Israeli humiliation and will never accept it," he warned.
"We refuse to be under American occupation. We are patient, but our patience has limits," Qamati declared, condemning a subsequent ban that was imposed on Iranian flights as an "insult to the Lebanese state" and proof of "American dictates" being imposed on the country.
The decision to block Iranian flights, he argued, reflected Lebanon's submission to external pressures.
"We do not accept that our homeland be under American and Israeli control," Qamati reiterated.
The Lebanese demonstrators likewise voiced their rejection of, what they described as, American and Israeli attempts to dominate the country.
The protest was reportedly confronted by Lebanese forces, who threw teargas canisters at the participants.
The Israeli threats that pressured Beirut into cancelling the Iranian flights came while, according to the international aviation laws, civilian airports are protected from military threats.
Iran too has condemned the Lebanese government's decision, reiterating its support for Lebanon's sovereignty.
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