(KUNA) -- The Iranian Minister of Defense Brig. Mustafa Najar on Sunday denied claims suggesting Iran provided weapons to the Lebanese Hezbollah party and that these weapons were used against Israel. Speaking during a meeting with his assistants here today, Najar said rumors on use of Iranian weapons by Hezbollah against Israel fell in line with the "psychiatric war to broaden the conflict in the region".Israel claims that the missile that has recently struck an Israeli warship in the ongoing conflict was an Iranian weapon and with the participation of several Iranian soldiers.
Najar denounced the Israeli attacks on Lebanon, noting that the "Islamic world holds the United States of America responsible for the crimes committed by Israel against the Lebanese and Palestinian people". He lashed at the US for attempting to exercise its "full hegemony" on energy sources in the area and to guarantee the safety of Israel by enlarging the scene of war.
He said the "green light was given to Israel to launch its attack on the innocent people", noting that Israel was "a source of tension in the region and a display of state terrorism'. He warned the ongoing Israeli aggression would give birth to "defeat and regret for the Zionist entity" of Israel.