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In Lebanon, the government is now openly pursuing a declared effort to disarm Hezbollah. Dismantling Hezbollah—something that only a few years ago seemed almost unthinkable—is of vital importance not only for Lebanon’s political and social recovery but for the wider region.
Last week, Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, travelled to Lebanon to try to obstruct this policy, but he clearly hit a wall. Responding to Velayati’s claim that Hezbollah was “more essential than daily bread” for Lebanon, the Lebanese foreign minister sharply replied on X: “What matters to us more than food and water is our sovereignty, our freedom and the independence of our internal decision-making; an independence free from ideological slogans and supra-national or regional agendas that have destroyed our country and continue to drag us towards ruin.”
In his post, Youssef Raji directly addressed Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic, writing: “I was sincerely inclined to believe your claim that the Islamic Republic does not interfere in Lebanon’s internal affairs—until your leader’s adviser appeared and clarified what really matters in Lebanon, warning about the consequences of disarming Hezbollah.”
There was a time when Hezbollah wielded more power than the Lebanese state. But with the blows it has suffered and the broader weakening of the Islamic Republic across the region, the situation has changed. Disarming Hezbollah will not be easy for the Lebanese government, but the very fact that it has committed itself to this policy and publicly declared it shows that it feels backed—and has secured firm, practical guarantees from the US and Israel. If Lebanon succeeds, Iran’s project in the region will effectively collapse. It would carry the weight of losing Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and other countries would likely follow the same path.
The clearing away of the Islamic Republic’s proxy and terrorist groups would allow people across the region—especially in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen—to breathe more freely despite the many other difficulties and barriers they face, and to glimpse the possibility of an end to terror and terrorism.
Editor: Patty Debonitas
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