DEBKAfile reveals: Hojatoleslam Seyed Ebrahim Raisi inspected Hizballah and Israel military positions on the Lebanese-Israel border on Jan. 30.
Raisi is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei leading successor as Iran’s next supreme leader. On Wednesday, he toured the border at the behest of his boss, accompanied by Revolutionary Guards and Hizballah officers. They gave him a thorough briefing on HIzballah’s war preparations and the IDF’s military setup along the border. Raisi first held a wide-ranging talk with Hizballah secretary general Hassan Nasrallah on the situation in the region when he arrived secretly in Beirut last Friday, Jan. 26.
Hojatoleslam Raisi challenged Hassan Rouhani in the May 2017 presidential election and came in second. During his tour, the cleric listened, watched and also gave Hizballah’s border troops a pep talk, which may be paraphrased as follows: Hizballah’s influence may now be found in every Muslim country. It imbues Palestinian fighters with hope for winning their struggle on those fronts. By “resistance” the Palestinians have managed to survive against Israel. They have learned that fighting and dogged opposition – not negotiating tables – will determine the fate of their country. “It was Hizballah’s fighting capacity alone that generated resistance in the Islamic countries. Allah willing, we shall soon witness the liberation of Jerusalem!” READ MORE
