Iran Denies Supplying Hezbollah: Iranian Equipment Captured
BY Herschel Smith
18 years, 5 months ago
From the Jerusalem Post, Ahmadinejad calls for a cease fire, and at the same time denies that Iran has supplied Hezbollah with weapons:
In addition to a cease-fire, Ahmadinejad called for talks on the Lebanon crisis without conditions, and demanded Israel compensate the country and apologize for its actions. He also denied US claims that Iran provides military support for Hizbullah, saying it only supports the movement politically and morally.
“We are calling for a cease-fire and ending this war,” the Iranian leader told reporters after meetings with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov and Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a two-day visit to the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan.
“We are calling on the parties to sit down for talks without any preliminary conditions,” he said, adding: “The aggressor should compensate for the damage incurred on Lebanon and apologize before the entire world community.”
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“Those who say that we provide military support for Hizbullah are lying. That is the way for America to cover up its failures,” he said through an interpreter.
Upon which the IDF produced a photograph of an Iranian-made RPG captured in the fighting (shown in the same article — marked with the logo of the Iranian military industry):
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