{"id":223741,"date":"2020-08-11T19:06:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T18:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=223741"},"modified":"2023-01-25T06:55:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T05:55:41","slug":"protests-in-lebanon-major-blow-to-iran-regime-and-its-proxy-terrorist-group-hezbollah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/protests-in-lebanon-major-blow-to-iran-regime-and-its-proxy-terrorist-group-hezbollah\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests in Lebanon: Major Blow to Iran Regime and Its Proxy Terrorist Group Hezbollah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Lebenon\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-223744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lebenon-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Lebenon\" width=\"679\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lebenon-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lebenon-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lebenon-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lebenon-748x420.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Lebenon.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Massive protests erupted across Lebanon following the horrific explosion in Beirut<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s port. Young protesters chanted\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201crevolution<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d and angry people targeted corrupt politicians, particularly\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/javad-zarif-heaps-praise-on-hezbollah-s-top-terror-chief-in-syria\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hezbollah<\/a> terrorist organization<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which is funded by the mullahs\u2019 regime.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">hese protests have a direct impact on the Iranian regime and its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/huge-financial-institutions-under-the-control-of-iran-regimes-supreme-leader-are-no-help-to-people-amid-coronavirus\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">warmongering policies<\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In other words, Lebanese people have prioritized cleaning the political atmosphere and getting rid of corrupt politicians,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">who mostly have ties with the Iranian regime, over any other action, even cleaning the city itself.\u00a0 People\u2019s protests forced the government to resign<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and now\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">people are demanding the parliament be dissolved.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For 40 years, the Iranian regime used the Iranian people\u2019s resources to<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/the-role-of-astan-e-quds-razavi-a-key-religious-foundation-in-iranian-regime-s-terrorism-extremist-policies-and-recruitment-of-western-spies\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">export terrorism abroad by funding <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/inside-source-reports\/irans-regime-pays-terrorist-quds-force-mercenaries-five-times-more-than-iranian-nurses\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">terrorist groups<\/a> such as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/hezbollah-is-a-branch-of-the-iran-regime-s-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hezbollah<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ullahs\u2019 regime called Lebanon, Iraq,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Syria,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and Yemen as its strategic depth, because\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">strategy is warmongering and export of domestic chaos abroad.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/27175-who-was-the-vicious-criminal-qassem-soleimani\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Q<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">assem Soleimani, the eliminated commander of the\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/irgc-s-38-year-record-war-crackdown-exporting-terrorism-fundamentalist-and-advancing-the-nuclear-weapons-drive\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Revolutionary Guards (IRGC)<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0extraterritorial <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/the-iranian-regimes-irgc-quds-force-1980s-present\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quds Force<\/a>, played a key role in implementing the regime\u2019s dominance<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in the region through proxy groups.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Soleimani\u2019s elimination<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0was a major blow to the regime\u2019s warmongering machine and made it fragile. The current uprising<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0in Iraq and Lebanon, while the regime is being put under more pressure for its illicit activities,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">have shattered the regime\u2019s warmongering machine and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">its\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">so-called \u201cstrategic depth<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state-run Aftab-e Yazd<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0daily<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, while referring to the beginning\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0process to expel the Iranian regime from Lebanon<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0wrote:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Islamic Republic of Iran was not invited to attend the conference, held virtually at the initiative of France, and with the participation of Arab and non-Arab countries.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Experts agree in one case that after the explosion, the incidents move toward weakening <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/hezbollah-is-a-branch-of-the-iran-regime-s-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hezbollah<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The state-run\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Resal<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0daily<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, in an article entitled \u201cA larger threat than<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0explosion in Beirut,\u201d wrote: \u201cNews from Lebanon\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">disturbing<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Some groups have been organized and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0have<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0attacked governmental buildings, such as the Foreign Ministry and Parliament<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and vandalized them. This much of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">domestic unrest, which will gradually move in a specific direction, along with some politicians\u2019 positions, is not normal.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The specific direction<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0means\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">end of the regime<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0terrorism and destabilizing acts in the region.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The uprising of the people of Beirut and the beginning of the collapse of the regime&#8217;s influence in Lebanon have also had a motivating effect on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-a-world\/protests-in-iraq-lebanon-and-syria-major-blow-to-iran-regimes-strategic-depth\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iraq<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">i people who have been\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">protesting the Iranian regime\u2019s meddling in Iraq since last October.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Iraqi October Revolution Organizing Committee in a statement<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, while<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0expressing its solidarity with the Lebanese people<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, said: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The explosion in Beirut is demanded by corrupt power-hungry officials, evil mullahs who support them in Iran<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and the militias that are advancing the Iranian regime&#8217;s plans to control the capitals of the Arab world<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">he statement\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">added<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: \u201c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The common\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">goal\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of the struggle of the Lebanese and Iraqi people &#8230; is the recapture of the homeland and its popular sovereignty<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thus,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Lebanese <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/more-blows-to-iran-regimes-strategic-depth-in-iraq\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">uprising<\/a> is accelerating the process of sweeping the regime from Iraq.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ali\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bigdeli<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, one of the regime\u2019s experts, said in an article published on November 30, 2019, in the state-run Jahan-e\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sanat<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0daily: \u201cThe recent incidents in Iraq send different messages. Yet, the most important message is to Iran. If this crisis continues in Iraq, Iran will receive more disappointing messages.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The rising international isolation of the Iranian regime\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">along with the uprisings in these countries tightens the noose around the regime\u2019s neck and further pushes it into strategic\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">deterioration<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The protests in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon are in line with the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">nationwide <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/iran-protests-2019-update\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iran protests<\/a> in November, which rattled the regime\u2019s foundations,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and are<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0major blow<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to the regime\u2019s pillar of domestic oppression<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and export of terrorism.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Therefore, it is time for the international community to recognize\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Iranian people\u2019s right for resistance and overthrow this regime and end <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">mullahs\u2019 terrorism by supporting\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0by creating an international and united front against the regime\u2019s terrorism.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stats.sender.net\/forms\/dGYVLa\/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" class=\"size-full wp-image-219239 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Weekly-Signe-up-logo.png\" alt=\"Weekly-Signe-up-logo\" width=\"319\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Massive protests erupted across Lebanon following the horrific explosion in Beirut&rsquo;s port. Young protesters chanted&nbsp;&ldquo;revolution,&rdquo; and angry people targeted corrupt politicians, particularly&nbsp;the&nbsp;Hezbollah terrorist organization, which is funded by the mullahs&rsquo; [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":223744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,18,19],"tags":[129,130,198,206],"class_list":{"0":"post-223741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-iran-a-world","9":"category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-iran-protests","12":"tag-ncri","13":"tag-lebanon"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Protests in Lebanon: Major Blow to Iran Regime and Its Proxy Terrorist Group Hezbollah - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Massive protests erupted across Lebanon following the horrific explosion in Beirut\u2019s port. 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