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Iran's top security official travels to Lebanon for key talks

Iran Press TV

Tuesday, 12 August 2025 11:45 PM

Iran's top security official travels to Lebanon in what has been billed as an important trip seeking to discuss concerns about the Lebanese security amid US pressure to disarm anti-Israeli resistance in the country, a move opposed by most Lebanese people.

Upon departing for Beirut on Tuesday, Ali Larijani, head of the Islamic Republic's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), described the regional Axis of Resistance as "part of the very fabric of the region's people."

"Therefore, it pursues the interests of the region's people; each [component] within its own sphere and in its own country," the official noted.

He was referring to Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement and its fellow such factions across the West Asia region, such as Palestinian resistance groups and Yemen's Ansarullah movement.

"These groups are a national asset for their respective countries. They possess a sound understanding of the situation and know what to do at any given juncture," the official said.

"Therefore, every effort must be directed towards preserving this capacity."

The visit comes around a week after the Lebanese cabinet endorsed the objectives of a United States proposal for disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year.

Hezbollah has condemned the government's decision as a "grave sin," warning that such decision fully serves the interests of the Israeli regime.

A recent opinion poll, however, found that the majority of the Lebanese dismissed the disarmament and believed that the country's army was not capable of confronting Israeli acts of aggression on its own.

The movement has successfully fought off two wholesale Israeli wars on the country in 2000 and 2006.

In 2023, it began launching determined solidarity strikes in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, who had come under a genocidal war by the Zionist regime.

The regime began escalating its deadly aggression against Lebanon in response, but was eventually forced to agree to a ceasefire deal as a result of Hezbollah's resolute defensive and retaliatory operations.

The Lebanese people have, meanwhile, been staging protests throughout the country against the American plot, calling the scheme a continuation of Washington's unwavering support for Tel Aviv's regional atrocities.

Prior to Larijani's visit, which comes despite reported American pressure on Beirut to cancel the trip, Lebanese social media frequenters made the hashtag "Iran is our supporter" trend.

The Islamic Republic has unexceptionally supported the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Lebanon, which apart from enduring several full-scale Israeli assaults, has also had its Shebaa Farms - a strip of land bordering the occupied Palestinian territories - occupied by Tel Aviv since 1967.

Tehran has warned that succumbing to American and Israeli drives to disarm the resistance would expose the country to Tel Aviv's US-backed expansionist ambitions.

'A trip made at a critical juncture, set to benefit both nations'

Commenting on Larijani's visit, Iran's Ambassador to Beirut Mojtaba Amani said the trip "comes at a critical juncture in the Lebanese history."

"Larijani will convey Iran's viewpoint in his meetings," he said, adding, "The outcomes of the official's upcoming talks in Beirut will benefit both Iran and Lebanon, as well as their security."