Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said in a recorded speech Tuesday, as reported by N12, that the US-Iran memorandum of understanding was a 'surrender' by Washington and that President Trump remains constrained by the deal. Qassem claimed the ceasefire would not have occurred without the memorandum, and questioned why Israel refrained from attacking Iran after Trump's return to office, attributing the restraint to the agreement.
The latest recorded speech by Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, reported Tuesday afternoon by N12, expands on his earlier remarks from the same day. While earlier segments credited the US-Iran memorandum with forcing Israel's ceasefire and called on Lebanon to end concessions, the new portion explicitly characterizes the US position as a 'surrender' and asserts that President Trump's ability to act against Iran is limited by the deal's terms.
The thread of Qassem's statements began at 10:47 Jerusalem, when The Zioneer reported his initial declaration that 'America failed, Iran won.' In subsequent remarks from the same speech cycle, Qassem urged the Lebanese government to stop making concessions and argued that the US-Iran memorandum of understanding compelled Israel to halt its aggression, as reported by N12. The latest comments add a more confrontational tone, directly questioning US sovereignty in the region and suggesting that Israel's military restraint is a product of the deal, not its own choice.
The Zioneer has chronicled Qassem's evolving rhetoric in recent weeks. On June 17, he called for exploiting the agreement to drive Israel from Lebanon; on June 21, he rejected any ceasefire that would grant Israel freedom of action. The US State Department, as reported by The Zioneer on June 26, has endorsed Israel's stance that withdrawal from Lebanon is conditioned on Hezbollah disarmament. These statements are part of a sustained Hezbollah propaganda campaign to frame the US-Iran agreement as a strategic victory for the 'resistance axis.'
The claims remain unverified by independent sources. The US State Department has not commented on Qassem's characterization of the agreement. The precise terms of the US-Iran memorandum have not been publicly disclosed.
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