Iranian official warns it will use ‘all means’ to back Hezbollah

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An adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that Tehran could come to Hezbollah’s backing if Israel were to launch a preemptive ground invasion into Lebanon.

Kamal Kharrazi, a foreign affairs adviser to the supreme leader, told the Financial Times that Iran and its “axis of resistance,” a title given to the proxy forces the country supports and funds in the Middle East, would come to Hezbollah’s defense with “all means.”

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