Originally Posted by Kangaroo Don
Pezeshkian, who was elected this year and portrays himself as a relative moderate, also said Iran could not dictate to Houthi forces that are attacking shipping in the Red Sea

The Houthis, Pezeshkian said, were reacting to what Pezeshkian called the unjust plight of Palestinians in Gaza
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“How can we ask them [Houthis] to abstain?” Pezeshkian said “They are trying to stop genocide”?
-- by violence! including --
1. murdering innocent crew
2. polluting the environment
3. disrupting the Red Sea International shipping route
4. impacting Global trade
5. destroying ships

I was reading the NBC article, impressed by this rare, relative moderate leader -- unheard of in Iran until his comments about Houthis terror in the Red Sea Another pezzonovante...

ominous warning
menacing words that Iran could be entering the war

From: The Guardian September 24, 2024
Israeli strikes on Lebanon continue as Iran says Hezbollah ‘cannot stand alone’

On Tuesday Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, expressed fears of a regional conflagration but said Hezbollah, which Iran helped to found in 1983, “cannot stand alone” against Israel

“Hezbollah cannot stand alone against a country that is being defended and supported and supplied by western countries, by European countries and the United States,” Pezeshkian told CNN.

How is Hezbollah standing alone? Aren't all the terrorists in solidarity with each other against Israel and for it's destruction