Iranian president hails Hezbollah ‘victory’
Hezbollah’s main backers — Iran and Syria — struck nearly identical tones a day after a ceasefire took effect in Lebanon: heaping praise on the guerrillas as perceived victors for the Islamic world and claiming that Western influence in the region was dealt a serious blow.
“God’s promises have come true,” Mr Ahmadinejad told a huge crowd in Arbadil in north-western Iran. “On one side, it’s corrupt powers of the criminal US and Britain and the Zionists ... with modern bombs and planes. And on the other side is a group of pious youth relying on God.”
