Nasrallah added, on the third anniversary of the assassination of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Popular Mobilization Forces head Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in the southern suburbs: “We prefer internal discussion with allies, and we are passionate of speech, literature and language in external debate.”
On the presidential issue, Nasrallah said, “We are not looking for a president who protects the backs of the resistance, and a president who does not defame the resistance is one who protects it from civil war and in the face of Israeli dangers and threats.”
He added: “Iran is only negotiating on the nuclear dossier, and those who wait for the negotiations will wait for decades, and this is a wrong and ignorant understanding. And for those who are waiting for a Saudi-Iranian consensus, Iran is not discussing the presidential election.” and does not interfere in Lebanese internal affairs.”
He underlined that “the president is an entrance to reshape the state again, and we must return to each other and support bilateral meetings”, wishing “to hold more dialogues and not wait for the outside, and what is said of an exaggerated French role ”, underlining that “the greater the responsibility of the parliamentary blocs”.
He also stressed that “we will not tolerate any change in the rules of engagement or any violation of the level of protection in Lebanon, and we stress the importance of the Lebanese state continuing to extract oil and gas.”