Hezbollah pledge to skip Iran war faces doubts in ...

Summary

• A Hezbollah pledge to stay out of any renewed Iran war has drawn doubt in Lebanon, where officials question whether it will last.
• He reportedly told Hezbollah and Amal lawmakers that Tehran would not ask the group to join another war, and that Iran can defend itself.
• Few expect the Hezbollah pledge to hold, however, if a new Iran war breaks out.

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A Hezbollah pledge to stay out of any renewed Iran war has drawn doubt in Lebanon, where officials question whether it will last.

Reports say the group told Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that it would not join a new fight between Iran and the United States. Berri passed that position to the president, according to sources close to him and the presidency.

Why the Hezbollah pledge raises doubts

Officials told one regional paper that the stated reason, the national interest, is notable. However, they said it does not remove their worries. They warned that the position could change with events on the battlefield.

They also recalled an earlier promise that collapsed within 48 hours during the March conflict. Hezbollah joined that war on March 2.

Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said the decision is Lebanese, and Tehran does not dictate it. A Hezbollah parliamentary source also told another outlet that the group puts Lebanon’s stability first.

That source declined to confirm that the group promised Berri anything. In the source’s words, “the final word belongs to the battlefield.”