Iran
warns
that
if
Israel
were
to
invade
Lebanon,
it
would
be
counter-attacked
by
several
countries
in
the
region.
Iran's Fars
News
Agency
reported
that
Ramin
Mehman-Parast,
an
Iranian
Foreign
Ministry
spokesman,
issued
the
warning
yesterday,
saying
that
while
it's
unlike
Israel
will
invade
Lebanon,
the
"Zionist
regime
would
be
slapped
hard
in
the
face
by
the
regional
states
if
it
dares
to
attack
Lebanon
again."
"What the Zionist regime [Israel] should understand well… is that an aggression against any country in the region or against any Muslim nation in the region will cause the strong reaction of all the regional countries," said Mehman-Parast, when asked about how Iran would react were Israel to attack Lebanon. "Given the regional countries' preparedness and vigilance, they won't allow the Zionist regime and its supporters to make a move in this regard."
The Lebanese Daily Star reported that Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali Shami applauded Iran’s support of Lebanon against "Israeli aggression." Ali Shami, who was in Tehran over the weekend, said Lebanon was grateful for the “material and moral support of Iran against the Zionist regime.”
Shami met with Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili. The Star reported that Jalili said, “The Lebanese Army, which has the backing of the people and the resistance, will not let the Zionist regime cut even one tree in Lebanon.”
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Shami that a united Arab front against Israel symbolized by a tripartite summit in Beirut has "foiled plots of the enemy Zionist regime. Their presence represented solidarity and unity in the entire region and promoted the nation’s front against the Zionist regime and its sponsors.”
