Despite continuing tensions between Tehran and Washington both countries have denounced the option of going to war with each other. Iran has repeatedly cautioned the US that if it decides to attack the country, the whole region might turn against it.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned the US against attacking Iran noting that it will be a declaration of war to all members of the “axis of resistance”, which, according to him, includes Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Yemen. He further stressed that such hostilities would be costly for Washington.
“The Iranian people refuse that their officials negotiate under pressure because their dignity is above everything else. A war on Iran is a war on the entire axis of resistance, which means that the region will burn. The fire some are attempting to ignite in the region will burn their faces and entities, not only their fingers”, he said.
The head of the Lebanon-based group also said that whole “axis of resistance” standing up in defence of Iran, is the key factor stopping Washington from going to war with the Islamic Republic. He also praised the military might of Iran itself noting that it had been proven by the downing of an American spy drone in June 2019.