Nasrallah: ‘Lebanon will never lay down arms of resistance’

Resistance in Lebanon will never lay down arms of resistance as it has found resistance the only option to guarantee Lebanon’s security, dignity and stability, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Saturday.

Sayyed Nasrallah made the remarks in a ceremony to commemorate the tragedy of Ashura in Baalbek near Beirut.

He said major lessons are taught by the Ashura event, including by the stance Imam Ali Bin Hussein and Sayyeda Zainab when they were taken to the castle of Yazid in captivity. “We take one sentence from the speech Ali Bin Hussein said before Yazid and one sentence from Sayyeda Zainab’s speech and make them our slogan, stance and position.”

“Today, seeing what is happening in the world, from the threats of America, Israel, and their agents in the region, we repeat these stances and say: Do you threaten us of death? We are the sons of Hussein, Zayn Al-Abidin, and the Immaculate Household. We are the sons of (the battles of) Badr, Khaybar, Hunain, and Karbala, so death for us is a norm and Allah honors us with martyrdom.”

Sayyed Nasrallah added: “We have confronted you with this spirit since 1982, and with Zainab’s stance, we fill up the fields and tell all the tyrants in the world: Use all your powers and efforts, and by Allah, you could never erase our presence, memory, and effect.”

Sayyed Nasrallah then bemoaned UN chief Ban Ki-Moon for his pro-western compromising mood in the face of the Lebanese resistance.

“Yesterday, I felt happy when I heard UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon saying that he was concerned over Hezbollah’s military power. I tell him that this relieves us and makes us happy, because we want you, America, and Israel to be concerned. We don’t care about that, we only care that our people feel secure because there is a resistance in Lebanon that will not allow any captivity, occupation, or violation to their dignity.”

Ban Ki-Moon has demanded on Friday the disarmament of Hezbollah.

“From the experience in Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, and all the regions that witnessed occupation, we ask: What was the result of relying on the Arab League, the Arab regimes, the Islamic Cooperation Organization, the United Nations, the Security Council, the European Union, and such organizations?”

He continued: “The result is that Palestine is still under occupation, over 10,000 Palestinian are still in captivity, millions of Palestinians are still displaced outside their countries, and al-Quds is being violated daily and Judaized by the Zionists.”

“On the other hand, the resistance in Lebanon, which believed in God and relied on the power of its fighters and support of its people, achieved liberation, so did the resistance in Gaza and in Iraq.”

Hezbollah Secretary General tackled the case of Imam Moussa al-Sadr and his two companions Sheikh Mohammad Yaaqoub, and Mr. Abbas Badreddine, and expressed Hezbollah’s support to the steps taken by the Lebanese government and the Lebanese delegation to Libya in this field, and thanked the Libyan officials who said they would cooperate on this file.

On the Syrian developments, Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah assured that Lebanon is the country that is most affected by the Syrian developments, and based on that he said: “Out of our concern and love to the Syrian people, army and leadership, we call on the Syrian opposition inside and outside Syria to respond to the President (Bashar) al-Assad’s dialogue requests, and to cooperate with him on implementing the reforms he announced previously. Moreover, we call for restoring peace and stability, dropping the arms, and solving the problems with dialogue.”

In another regard, Sayyed Nasrallah said that assassination of nuclear scientists in Iran will not stop the Islamic Republic from its scientific and technological development.

“They kill the nuclear scientists because they want us in this region to be singers, dancers, and mindless people who spend their nights and days worthlessly. However, if we were scientists, whether in chemistry, physics, or medicine, and if we were a nation that produces knowledge, which is the major power, they would not accept that,” he pointed out.

In conclusion, Sayyed Nasrallah called upon the Bahraini authorities to respond to the people’s demands, start with reforms, and hold serious dialogue with the opposition.

He also referred to the Palestinian situation, saying “day after day it is being affirmed to the Palestinian people that resistance in the only choice, and that the enemies of the nation don’t want the Palestinian factions and people to reconcile and unite, because they seek to divide us.”

“Brothers and sisters in Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq and the entire region, our way to glory, dignity, independence, liberation, power, prosperity, and security, is through unity, avoiding incitements and conflicts, solving issues through dialogue, and holding on to the resistance spirit and choice,” Sayyed Nasrallah stated.

“Experiences throughout history, including this great occasion, have proven to us that with this spirit that rejects humiliation, loves martyrdom, and has faith in the future and in the coming victory, we could attain unity, power, safety, glory and victory,” he concluded.