Iran opposes the Lebanese government’s decision to disarm the Tehran-backed militant group Hezbollah, a senior adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei said on Saturday (August 9, 2025) according to the Tasnim news agency.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran is certainly opposed to the disarmament of Hezbollah,” international affairs adviser Ali Akbar Velayati said. “Iran has always supported the people and the resistance of Lebanon and continues to do so.”
The Lebanese cabinet on Tuesday (August 5, 2025) authorised the army to draw up a plan to establish the state’s exclusive control over weapons — a move that would mean disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year.
The decision followed a war between Israel and Hezbollah that left the group’s military clout and political influence badly diminished.
Characterising the disarmament push as the result of US and Israeli interference, Velayati said, “this is not the first time that some in Lebanon have raised such issues”.
