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Exclusive: Iran's Khamenei warned Nasrallah of Israeli plot to kill him, sources say (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/world

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Hezbollah leader Syyed Hassan Nasrallah to flee Lebanon days before he was killed in an Israeli strike and is now deeply worried about Israeli infiltration of senior government ranks in Tehran, three Iranian sources said.

In the immediate aftermath of the attack on Hezbollah's booby-trapped pagers on Sept. 17, Khamenei sent a message with an envoy to beseech the Hezbollah secretary general to leave for Iran, citing intelligence reports that suggested Israel had operatives within Hezbollah and was planning to kill him, one of the sources, a senior Iranian official, told Reuters.

The messenger, the official said, was a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, who was with Nasrallah in his bunker when it was hit by Israeli bombs and was also killed.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Israel has been trying to assassinate Nasrallah for a very long time. He was one of the few figures in the region who actually stood up to them and didn't run scared or submit to them. I don't see any way where Nasrallah would have voluntarily left, no matter how credible the threat. If anything he likely would have used this information to prepare Hezbollah for his death to make sure the fight goes on. Hezbollah is still inflicting Israeli casualties even after Nasrallah and so much of their senior leadership has died. Time will tell if these plans are enough though. I hope they are, for the sake of the Lebanese population.

[–] ricdeh -3 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Hezbollah are actual terrorists and proxies of Iran. There is no way any sane person can side with them. Their followers will gladly terrorise Europe and Israel as a "punishment". The world will be a better place without Hezbollah, and it may finally mean freedom for the Lebanese and peaceful sleep for the Israelis.

[–] yesman 17 points 2 weeks ago

Hezbollah are actual terrorists and proxies of Iran. There is no way any sane person can side with them.

IDK what you mean by "actual terrorist" or "proxy". Would it include an organization labeled "terrorist" by the U.S. And the U.K.? Maybe people who planted bombs in the King David hotel? Maybe it would be working hand in glove with a criminal regime to terrorize innocent people? OK because what I just described is an organization called Irgun led by a fellow called Menachem Begin, or the 6th prime minister of Israel. (he was in charge when Israel invaded Lebanon if that helps narrow it down.)

This isn't a whataboutism, but a refutation to the single-digit fallacy that the terrorists are only on one side.

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