Report: Berri-led contacts with Hezbollah seek to prevent it from backing Iran militarily

There are intensive political and security contacts with Hezbollah, led by Speaker Nabih Berri, with the aim of reining in any attempt to back Iran militarily should a new war be waged on the Islamic republic, media reports said.

In remarks to the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper, Shiite circles warned that such an involvement would be a “suicidal act” that would make the Shiite sect pay “an existential cost.”

Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper meanwhile reported that there are estimations in Israel that Iran is exerting pressure on Hezbollah to join any upcoming military confrontation against Israel, contrary to the 12-day war, when Hezbollah stayed out of the conflict.