Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader says Iran will not abandon support after nuclear

Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah stressed Saturday that Iran’s support for his party would not change following the nuclear deal.

Concerning Iran, Nasrallah said that its nuclear deal with the West does not change Hezbollah’s opposition to the policies of the United States, and that Tehran would continue to support Hezbollah and Damascus. “No, there was no bargaining” between the US and Iran, the leader said during a broadcast speech.

Iran “has ideological relations with its allies that prevail over political interests”, Nasrallah said.

Supreme leader “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated Iran’s position on the resistance movements and its allies, and Hezbollah occupies a special place among them”, Nasrallah added.

United states.S. punishment against about three Hezbollah soldiers directors those individuals Washington said overhead work in Syria have no affect on the team, Nasrallah said.

Nasrallah’s statements come on the heels of a deal reached in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 – the US, China, France, Russian Federation and the UK, plus Germany – that would curb the Islamic republic’s nuclear program in exchange for lifting sanctions.

“We don’t have a financial commitment rationales.the majority of these adjustments will not modify aspects in either case”, Nasrallah said.

On June 10, the US Treasury placed on its sanctions blacklist three Lebanese men and companies they are tied to, calling them part of a “key Hezbollah support network”.