Iran considers its relationship with Hezbollah as crucial, as it provides Iran with a means to expand its influence in the Levant, exert pressure on Israel and US interests, discourage any …

Hezbollah (Persian: حزب‌الله, romanized: Ḥezbo'llāh, lit. 'Party of God') is an Iranian movement formed at the time of the Iranian Revolution to assist the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his …

Jan 28, 2025 · Following the Islamic Revolution in Shiʿi-majority Iran in 1979 and the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, a group of Lebanese Shiʿi clerics formed Hezbollah with the goal …

Oct 19, 2023 · Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Islamist movement with one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the Middle East. The group, which has its main base on the Israel …

Oct 29, 2024 · Hezbollah wields significant power in Lebanon, where it operates as both a Shiite Muslim political party and militant group. It violently opposes Israel and Western powers …

Apr 6, 2024 · Hezbollah, a Shiite organization, has become the predominant political and military power in Lebanon. Hezbollah, a longtime antagonist of Israel’s, began turning up the pressure …

Sep 28, 2024 · Hezbollah is reeling from blow after blow. Its command structure has been decapitated, with more than a dozen top commanders assassinated. Its communications have …

Sep 28, 2024 · Iran has yet to retaliate for the humiliating assassination in July of the Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in a Tehran guesthouse. What has happened now will be …

Feb 15, 2013 · Counterterrorism expert Matthew Levitt says that Hezbollah has closely aligned itself with Iran’s Quds Force, an elite paramilitary group linked directly to Ayatollah Ali …

Sep 26, 2024 · Many hardline conservatives in Iran are growing uneasy about its lack of action as Israel targets the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, their country’s closest and most long …