Iran regime’s defiance increases tensions with Israel

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  By Dr. Majid Rafizadeh Rising tensions between the Iranian regime and Israel have the potential to spiral into a wider conflict if not adequately addressed. There are several reasons for the heightened tensions. First of all, although the Iranian regime attempts to distract attention from the direct involvement of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria, Tehran continues to increase its military influence there and use its proxies against Israeli targets. Israel last month carried out an airstrike in Syria on a location where Iranian officials were meeting. Iranian leaders were reportedly meeting to discuss developments regarding their country’s drone and ballistic missile capabilities in Syria. The attack occurred on the same day that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed the Iranian government for an attack on a vessel owned by an Israeli in the Arabian Gulf. He said: “Last week, Iran attacked an oil tanker … and harmed the international freedom of navigation....
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Khamenei’s advisor threatened Hariri: ‘you will meet your father’s fate’

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Al Arabiya on November 7th, 2017 cited an Iranian website known to leak what was going on behind the scenes of the Iranian regime during a meeting of Iran's Supreme Leader's adviser  Ali Akbar Velayati with the resigned Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, in Beirut last Friday.


According to Al Arabiya, Velayati, during that meeting, threatened Hariri to choose between backing up the strategy of the US administration against Hezbollah, or Lebanon will face chaos and Saad Hariri will meet the fate of his father who was assassinated on February 14th 2005.
Hariri has stressed, following his resignation, that “The current circumstances are very similar to those surrounding the assassination of his father, Rafik Hariri.”
The report added that conservative media outlets portrayed Saad Hariri's statements as being the result of pressure exerted by Riyadh on him, while “the truth is still out there” and that “Ali Akbar Velayati threatened Saad Hariri at the end of the meeting after the latter refused to bow to Iranian guardianship and stand against Trump’s strategy”.
Velayati threatened Hariri that if he did not implement what Tehran demanded in support of Hezbollah, Lebanon would see a great mess, and Hariri would meet his father's fate
Velayati asked Hariri to stand before the media and declare his full support for the Hezbollah group because it is resisting the Zionist entity.
Hariri replied that he could not do so, but at the same time he said nothing against Hezbollah.
Khamenei's advisor then brought in commanders from Hezbollah's security apparatus and asked them to present documents proving that the Lebanese Future Party had provided Western sources with sensitive information that led to the elimination of Hezbollah's field commanders in Syria by Israel.
According to the report, Hariri informed Velayati that he will not pledge his support to Hezbollah and that he is going to resign.
The report continued on saying that Velayati’s threat to Hariri was basically: “You will meet the same fate as your father.”
At that point, Hariri stormed out of the meeting.

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