Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah called on Islamic countries to take \u201ccoordinated and decisive measures\u201d against Israel during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Sunday, according to Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry and Lebanese media reports.<\/p>\n
Fadlallah, a senior member of Hezbollah\u2019s Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc, complained of Israel\u2019s alleged \u201cexpansionist ambitions\u201d and expressed gratitude for Iran\u2019s \u201cefforts to support the Lebanese people’s resistance<\/a> through diplomatic efforts,\u201d Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar reported.<\/p>\n Fadlallah also called for coordinated action against Israel over what he described as its crimes in Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank.<\/p>\n Despite presenting Hezbollah as a Lebanese resistance movement, Fadlallah has repeatedly opposed efforts by the Lebanese state to disarm the group. In June, following the signing of a US-brokered framework agreement between Beirut and Jerusalem<\/a>, he warned that the Lebanese government could not implement the agreement without going to civil war and said Hezbollah would resist any measures to disarm it.<\/p>\n Responding to Fadlallah\u2019s thanks to the Islamic Republic, Araghchi praised the \u201cresistance and steadfastness of the Lebanese people in the face of the brutal aggression by Israel\u201d and reaffirmed the Islamic Republic\u2019s \u201ccomprehensive support for the Lebanese people in defending their country\u2019s territorial integrity, dignity, and national sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n