Relatives mourn near the coffin of a Hezbollah fighter during his funeral in a temporary cemetery in Saida, southern Lebanon, on June 11, 2026. (Credit Anwar Amro/AFP)
Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said that any potential Iran-U.S. agreement "will have direct repercussions on Lebanon, whether the Lebanese authorities accept it or not," adding that some officials were being "used" by Washington to serve American interests, which are distinct from those of Lebanon He stressed that Iran is not seeking to take the place of the Lebanese state, responding to recent remarks by President Joseph Aoun, who said two days earlier to Tehran that there is a significant difference between assistance and interference.
Fadlallah was speaking during a ceremony organized by Hezbollah in Jnah, in south Beirut, to honor one of its officials killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to a statement.
The MP added that Hezbollah has "total confidence in the Islamic Republic of Iran, which it has seen in action in confronting Israeli aggression," adding that Iranian leaders have insisted "on including the Lebanese issue in any agreement." "This does not mean Iran is seeking to replace the Lebanese state, but rather that it is inviting the state to take advantage of such an agreement, while allowing the state to carry out its own duties," he added, according to the statement.
Fadlallah stressed that Lebanon's priority remains confronting Israel, which continues to occupy and shell southern Lebanon in a war that has killed more than 3,600 people since March 2 and caused billions of dollars in destruction. This confrontation "does not rule out political solutions through indirect negotiations," which he said are an extension of those between Tehran and Washington in Pakistan, and presented as a "means of support for Lebanon."
Hezbollah and its ally, the Amal Movement led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, have both rejected direct talks under U.S. auspices between Israel and Lebanon, a process launched in April that has resulted in truces that neither the Israeli army nor Hezbollah have respected.
While not ruling out the political option, Fadlallah nevertheless said that today "there is no other option in the face of what he called an existential war targeting Lebanon, particularly the south, except resistance, steadfastness and sacrifices," and that the political options proposed amount to a "total surrender," echoing recent words used by the party's secretary-general, Naim Qassem.
Fadlallah said Hezbollah "does not trust a political class that multiplies concessions," adding that no realistic political option has been presented, before reiterating his rejection of cease-fire proposals, arguing that they "include conditions worse than the war itself, such as the withdrawal of Hezbollah north of the Litani and granting Israel the right to strike Beirut in the event of an attack from the occupied north."
