Israeli attack on Iran will set off regional conflagration: Hezbollah

TEHRAN, March 3 (MNA) – Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said that an Israeli attack on Iran would set the Middle East ablaze, possibly drag in the United States and unleash a conflict beyond Israel’s control. “America knows that if there is a war on Iran, this means that the whole region will be set alight, with no limit to the fires,” he told Reuters on February 29. Hezbollah’s second-in-command also said that he believed Israel would try to drag a reluctant United States into confrontation with Tehran because it could not inflict sufficient losses on Iran alone. “Israel does not have the capability nor the courage to wage war by itself on Iran, while America has reservations because of the dangers of this war and because of the upcoming (presidential) election,” Qassem said.