Hezbollah Statement Responds to US Sanctions: An Attempt to Intimidate Free Lebanese People

Hezbollah issued on Thursday a statement which affirms that the sanctions issued by the US Departments of State and Treasury against Lebanese MPs elected by the people, officers in the Lebanese Army and General Security, and officials in Hezbollah and the Amal Movement, constitute an American attempt to intimidate the free Lebanese people in order to reinforce the Zionist aggression against our country and provide it with an illusory political boost after its crimes failed to deter the Lebanese from exercising their legitimate right to resistance in defense of their homeland. “The accusation put forward by the American administration against our MPs and officials is their rejection of disarming the Resistance and confronting the surrender projects through which the American administration seeks to drag our country in favor of the Zionist entity. This accusation applies to the majority of the people who remain committed to the Resistance and reject surrender. These sanctions are a badge of honor on the chests of those targeted by them and an additional confirmation of the correctness of our choice. In their effect, they are not worth the ink with which they were written and will have no practical impact on our choices or on the continuation of the work of the brothers and officials in serving their people and defending their interests and sovereignty.” “As for targeting Lebanese officers on the eve of meetings at the Pentagon, this is a blatant attempt to intimidate our official security institutions and subject the state to the conditions of American tutelage. This decision is directed at those who claim friendship with the United States, which seeks to undermine national institutions,” the statement added. The Lebanese authorities must defend their constitutional, security, and military institutions in order to preserve national sovereignty and the dignity of Lebanon and the Lebanese people, the statement concluded.