Lebanese journalist criticizes Iran’s ‘double standard’ on Israel, praises Iraqi support for Lebanon

NEWSROOM — Lebanese journalist and writer Mustafa Fahs criticized Iran’s approach to Israel, calling it a double standard. Fahs argued that while Iran follows the peaceful example of Imam Hassan, the Shia second Imam, it encourages its proxies to revolt under the banner of Imam Hussein, the Shia third Imam who refused to submit and died for his cause.

Fahs stated that Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was ready to enter northern Palestine on October 7, but claimed the Iranians stopped him to protect their regime in Tehran. “Nasrallah proved to be far more genuine than the Iranians,” Fahs said, referring to Nasrallah’s willingness to take action.

Fahs, son of the late prominent thinker Hani Fahs, praised “the courage of Iraqis” during his interview, thanking Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani for his “balanced” statement in support of all Lebanese. He also commended the Iraqi people, government, and Popular Mobilization Forces for their support, which he said is “rooted in the deep Arabic traditions” of Iraq.

Excerpts from Mustafa Fahs’s interview with Dijlah TV:

Iran returns to the legacy of Imam Hassan [the second Shia Imam] when it negotiates, but when it comes to its arms or its allies, it says, “Everything we have is from Karbala.” But why doesn’t Iran also adopt the slogan, “Everything we have is from Karbala”?

Why do the Iranians rush to remember Imam Hassan when it comes to Iran, and we are the ones who have to be Husseini? Why don’t they treat us the same?

We are not soldiers in the army of the Guardian Jurist (Wilayat al-Faqih); we are Lebanese citizens, and we respect Iran’s historical role in supporting the resistance and Palestine.

Iran raised the slogan “Weaker than a spider’s web” against Israel, and now, with the death of 500 martyrs, the Iranian president emerges. The Iranian negotiator says they are ready to negotiate on the nuclear project, while the Iranian president says, “We will put down our weapons.” Meanwhile, a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, on orders from the Supreme Leader—whom we respect—says, “Iran does not want war.” So why have we been in this catastrophe for 11 months?

We are fighting a support war for the project of “unifying the fronts and liberating Palestine.” People believed in this. I swear that the conscience of Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah is more genuine than the Iranians’. He was ready to enter northern occupied Palestine in the first hours of the October war, but Iran prevented him to preserve its regime because it received a threat.

Some believe that Iran has indeed provided Hezbollah with smart missiles but kept the detonation button in Iran, and it is preventing Sayyid Nasrallah from using his arsenal because this threatens Iran.

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