IranWire:

A rift has emerged between Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah following comments made by Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. In a speech, the Hezbollah leader highlighted differences of opinion regarding the ousting of  Mohamed Morsi, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and the former Egyptian president. In an apparent bid to prevent Arabic audiences from accessing the speech, an Iranian-backed Arabic language website removed it from its website only days after publishing it.

Speaking to a group of Iranians, Nasrallah was effusive in his praise for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, and of the institution of Velayat-e Faqih or the “Guardianship of Islamic Jurist," the founding principle of the Islamic Republic. But he also revealed — perhaps inadevertently — that when it came to Morsi and events surrounding his overthrow, Hezbollah and Khamenei had not always agreed. The speech [Persian link] was published on March 10 by Al-Kawthar TV, an Arabic-language launched by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in 2006 to promote Shia Islam among Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa. However, it was removed from the site shortly after, with no explanation given. (The text used here was archived by Google.) One news agency that published a report of the speech denied that Nasrollah had made such comments.

It is difficult to find two allies as close as the Islamic Republic of Iran and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Iran relies on Hezbollah to provide foot soldiers in Syria and, according to some reports, in Iraq too — a strategic location from which to threaten Israel. In turn, Iran has helped Hezbollah to become the dominant military force in Lebanon by providing it with weaponry, training and funds.

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