The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, on Iran's position regarding Lebanon:
"The discussion regarding Lebanon and Hezbollah in Lebanon is that we are, in fact, as I said, in the same agreements. We are all one front, one environment.
Look, whenever an Islamic country is attacked by Israel, we all definitely help that country. You know that right now the Lebanese people themselves, in their constitution, do not recognize Israel and absolutely refuse to negotiate with it, and they are committing so many crimes against the Islamic nation.
Well, Lebanon the Lebanese, based on their own faith, because of our relationship with Lebanon and with the Shiites of Lebanon, the Muslims of Lebanon, the Christians of Lebanon. Especially with the Shiites and Muslims of Lebanon. Well, we have an Islamic relationship; We have duties to them. We have a duty; It is our human and Islamic duty to be able to protect them.
In any case, these are occupied lands. ".