Hezbollah says message from Iran shows it ‘will not give up’ on group

Hezbollah said Saturday that a message from Tehran showed that Iran would not abandon the Lebanese militant group and that the Islamic republic’s latest proposal to end the US-Iran war included a ceasefire in Lebanon. (Reuters/File)

• Hezbollah said its chief Naim Qassem had received a message from Araghchi

BEIRUT: Hezbollah said Saturday that a message from Tehran showed that Iran would not abandon the Lebanese militant group and that the Islamic republic’s latest proposal to end the US-Iran war included a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Iran-backed Hezbollah said in a statement that its chief Naim Qassem had received a message from Tehran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, which indicated that Iran “will not give up its support for movements demanding justice and freedom, foremost among them Hezbollah.”
In Iran’s latest proposal through Pakistani mediators aimed at achieving “a permanent and stable end to the war, the demand to include Lebanon in the ceasefire was emphasized,” the statement added.