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A figure in the Lebanese democratic opposition and an outspoken anti-Hezbollah Shiite activist, Hareth Sleiman is an expert in Middle Eastern affairs. Met in Beirut, he explains that Israel has “penetrated the interstices of Iranian apparatuses” and that the infiltration of Hezbollah also took place through Iran.
Explosion of pagers and telephones of Hezbollah leaders, targeted eliminations of leaders of the “axis of resistance”: Israel has struck hard at the heart of the Lebanese Shiite organization in recent weeks, and is still threatening Iran with a responded after the attack on its soil on October 1st. Lebanese academic Hareth Sleiman clarifies the links uniting Hezbollah and Tehran.
How can we understand after the assassinations of its highest leaders by Israel that Hezbollah is so infiltrated?
It is largely through Iran that Hezbollah found itself exposed in terms of security. Because the Mossad entered in an unprecedented manner into the fault lines and rivalries of the Iranian regime, which was reflected in the Hezbollah apparatus. It’s not just about sophisticated technological infiltrations, like the Lavender AI, that
