Lebanese shiite movements send warning to US, Israel over Iran, Syria

Hezbollah and Amal Shiite movements sent a warning to the US and Israel on Monday by underlining Lebanon's strong support and companionship with Iran and Syria against threats and conspiracies.Lebanese Hezbollah led by Seyed Hassan Nasrallah and its Shiite ally, the Amal Movement led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, vowed in a joint statement issued after a meeting of the Hezbollah and Amal commands in the Eastern city of Baalbek that the current turmoil in Syria was part of an "international conspiracy" targeting Damascus for its support for Arab and Muslim resistance movements in the region.The statement came amid mounting pressures by the US-led West on Iran over its nuclear program and against Syria over US and Israeli-provoked unrests. Hezbollah and Amal emphasized their "firm support for the Islamic Republic in the face of American and Israeli threats," the statement said. Earlier this month, Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyed Hassan Nasrallah accused Washington of ramping up pressure on Iran and Syria as a way to divert attention from "America's defeat" as it withdraws its troops from Iraq by the end of the year. Many more regional and international movements and resistance groups have also warned the US and Israel of their tough reprisals for any possible US and Israeli military intervention in Syria or attack on Iran's nuclear installations. Yesterday, a senior leader of the February 14 Youth Movement, a main opposition to the Manama regime, condemned the White House pressures and threats against Tehran, and warned if Washington dares to attack Iran, the Bahraini revolutionary forces will attack the US targets in the whole region. "The Bahraini revolutionaries will stand beside the Iranian nation and will start Jihad (holy defense) against the aggressors under the command of (Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution) Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei," Sheikh Sadeq al-Jamari told FNA on Monday. The US and Israel have recently intensified their warmongering remarks against Iran, with Zionists' leader Shimon Peres saying on November 4 that an attack on Iran was becoming "increasingly more likely".Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Israel's parliament (Knesset) on October 31 in an effort to garner support for a military attack on Iran over its nuclear program. In reply senior Iranian officials described the threats as "foolish" remarks, and warned that friends and allies of the Islamic Revolution would destroy Israel before it can make the slightest military move against Iran.Iranian officials warned that Israel will find itself in war with Iran in Tel Aviv streets if it dares to attack the Islamic Republic."Israel is not in the size to launch a military strike on Iran, but if it takes such a foolish action, the Iranian militaries will fight with the Zionist soldiers in Tel Aviv streets and will force them out of the Palestinian soil," member of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Seyed Hossein Naqavi told FNA earlier this month.Meantime, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said last Thursday Iran would respond to any military strike by Israel or the United States with "iron fists."