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By Palestinian Cartoonist Sabaaneh
Lebanon Bans Iranian Terror Group Hezbollah & Seeks Peace Talks With Israel as Region Unites Against Iran
- A Radical Dispatch
1) Lebanon Bans Hezbollah & Seeks Peace With Isreal
In response to US and Israeli strikes on their country, the Shia-Islamist theocrats in Iran declared a new global jihad against America.
The Telegraph reports 1st March 2026:
But things didn’t quite turn out like that.
The remainder of this Radical Dispatch explains why. Read on.
A starting point is grasping the almost-impossible-to-grasp Iranian reaction after they were struck by the US and Israel. Absurdly, instead of reserving the majority of their firepower for striking back at those that struck them, the Iranian theocrats somehow thought it would be a good idea to start bombing their Sunni Muslim Arab neighbours, during the holy month of Ramadan. A prerequisite for any global jihad against America is a ready supply of devout Muslims. Perhaps it was not the best idea to spend your time during the holy month of Ramadan bombing the very people you are asking to fight for you.
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Maajid Nawaz for WARRIOR CREED: “But this graph from roughly four or five days ago is still sufficient to make the point. This is why the Sunni Muslim Arab world and the Arab world generally are upset with Iran, because for reasons that that they're probably themselves now, well, we know they are because they formally apologised, but for reasons that even themselves they're probably regretting, they decided that in the first hours of the war, after being attacked by the US and Israel, the best thing to do in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan was attack their neighbours, 10 times more than the country that attacked them, which was Israel. If you look at this graph, that's 10 times more missiles that they sent to the UAE than they sent to Israel in the middle of Ramadan. And they somehow thought that by declaring a jihad and telling all Muslims to rally behind them, it would work while they're bombing Muslims in Ramadan. It is crazy."
Contrary to the grandiose expectations of the Iranian theocrats, not only did the majority of the world’s Muslims refuse to join their ‘jihad’, but so wary has the Arab world become with war, that they started moving in completely the other direction.
Instead of backing Iran, Lebanon went so far as to ban Iran’s proxy terrorist militia Hezbollah, and - in an unprecedented move - openly asked Israel to agree a ‘permanent peace’ with them.
CNN reports 10th March 2026:
“In a remarkable statement Monday afternoon, Lebanon called for direct talks with Israel on ‘permanent arrangements for security and stability on our borders,’ while accusing the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah of betraying the country.”
This astonishing move occurred because after the US and Israel hit Iran, Iran instructed their proxy militia Hezbollah to attack Israel from Lebanon, which they did. This caused Israel to mount a renewed ground incursion into Lebanon. Just as Hamas under Yahya Sinwar did to Gaza on October 7th, Hezbollah’s unilateral attack had effectively provided Israel with the perfect excuse to reinvade Lebanon. None of this happened with the Lebanese government’s approval, who were understandably furious at Hezbollah.
CNN reports 10th March 2026:
“Lebanese President Joseph Aoun…leveled sharp criticism at Hezbollah and Israel for what he called ‘an attempt to corner my country.’ He accused Israel of showing ‘no respect for the laws of war, nor for international laws.’ Israel’s assault on Lebanon has displaced more than 600,000 people and killed more than 400, including scores of women and children, Aoun said. But it is his criticism of Hezbollah that is significant. Calling the Shiite Muslim group ‘an armed faction … that places no value on Lebanon’s interest nor on the life of its people,’ Aoun said Hezbollah ‘wanted to achieve the fall of the State of Lebanon, under aggression and chaos.’ He accused the group of working ‘for the sake of the calculations of the Iranian regime’.”
Rushing to contain the fallout, Lebanon’s president then banned Hezbollah, labelled them treacherous and openly declared his country’s desire for a permanent peace with Israel.
CNN reports 10th March 2026:
Lebanese President Joseph “Aoun called for a new initiative, backed by the international community, which would establish a truce between Israel and Lebanon while helping the Lebanese armed forces disarm Hezbollah and confiscate its weaponry. The initiative would put in a place a ‘complete truce’ with a halt to Israeli attacks as the two countries begin ‘direct negotiations under international sponsorship’ to achieve a ‘final cessation of hostile acts’ and ‘permanent arrangements for security and stability on our borders.’ Under Aoun’s idea, Israel would gradually withdraw from the territories it has occupied in southern Lebanon, with its forces to be replaced by the Lebanese military. Last week, Lebanon’s government declared Hezbollah’s military activities illegal, but it does not have the force required to effectively disarm Hezbollah on its own..”
As we said in last week’s Dispatch, the Iranian theocrats overplayed their hand.
Lebanon’s stance is not an isolated incident, but a weathervane for region-wide Arab frustrations at Iran’s increasingly aggressive regional colonialism.
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Maajid Nawaz for WARRIOR CREED: “…the Iranian theocrats’ regional colonial ambitions. They were interfering in other countries’ business. In Lebanon, they founded a terrorist militia that effectively runs the south of the country, called Hezbollah. What happened is after the missile strikes on Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon decided to retaliate on behalf of their masters in Iran by launching missiles into Israel. So, of course, Israel began an incursion into Lebanon. But the key fact here is that the Hezbollah attack into Israel from Lebanon was not approved by the Lebanese government. And that is why we end up with this CNN headline. And that is the Lebanese government President Joseph Aoun, being absolutely disgusted at Hezbollah’s actions, ended up banning them, which is something that that country was unable to do up until this moment, completely banned Hezbollah and then declared that they want to enter into permanent peace negotiations with Israel. It is a complete about turn on behalf of the Lebanese government, and they have very clearly defined their enemy in this instance as being the treacherous, in their own words, the treacherous Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah.”
2) Syria Pledges Support to Lebanon Against Iran
Syria too has a long grudge against Hezbollah. It was not too long ago that Iran had dispatched its terrorist militia into Syria to quash the popular uprising against their Iranian-client, the Assad family dynasty. It is not hard to fathom why, then, the Syrians pledged support to their neighbour, Lebanon.
Hezbollah responded to Syria in the way that Iran responded to the Gulf Arabs, by bombing them, during Ramadan.
Again, bombing Muslims is not a very good way of rallying Muslims under your leadership.
But the brutal history of repression by Iran against Syria meant that Syria was always going to refuse rallying behind the Iranian theocrats. Syria’s highest religious authority, Mufti Osama al-Rifai explains.
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Mufti of Syria Osama al-Rifai: “Firstly, ‘there is no hand but that the hand of God is above it, and there is no oppressor but that he will be afflicted by a greater oppressor’. This is the evidence from traditions from the Messenger God, may God bless him and grant him peace. Now, I will not take too long, there are many traditions that contain this meaning. You may ask, ‘why does God pit oppressors against oppressors?’ So that God does not burden us with fighting them. God will deal with them and free us from both. And we should stop at this point, because the oppressors are fighting each other. However, emotionally and morally we should feel sympathy for our non-Sasanian brothers in Iran, and they are numerous. We feel sorrow for them and pray for mercy for their dead, and for healing for the wounded. May God grant them well-being.”
3) Iranian Theocrats Apologise For Bombing Arabs
Arab outrage at Iran is understandable. Here is a representation of how many times Iranian theocrats bombed Arabs, who did not attack them, versus how many times they bombed the country that had attacked them, Israel.
By now, and as was already extensively refuted in last week’s Dispatch, the lie that Iran was bombing only the US bases in Sunni Muslim Arab lands was running painfully thin.
And the lie was now publicly being called out as a lie by the parties concerned.
“Iran’s claims that its attacks in the Gulf are aimed at US military bases are false, a top UAE diplomat has said, warning that missile and drone strikes have instead been hitting civilian infrastructure and vital facilities. In a post on X on Wednesday, Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, said the number of missiles and drones launched reveals a reality different from Tehran’s narrative. ‘Iran’s aggression lies when it claims that the targets are US military bases in the Gulf,’ Gargash wrote. He said the strikes have been targeting civilian infrastructure without regard for civilians and innocent people.”
So bad has it got for the Iranian theocrats that they were forced to issue a humiliating public apology for their actions.
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Interim President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian: “I need to apologise on behalf of myself to our neighbouring countries that have come under attack by Iran. Because of the vicious assault on us, we lost our supreme leader, our compatriots and loved ones. Our armed forces, when their commanders were gone, conducted the operations that were necessary and protected our country with strength. We do not intend to conduct an assault on neighbouring countries. And like I’ve said before, they are our brothers. We have to be hand in hand with our brothers in peace. And the Interim Council approved a decision yesterday. That decision was relayed to our forces that they should no longer attack neighbouring countries unless there is an attack on Iran staged on their soil.”
And even though the new Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei is desperately seeking damage control, his lie is already exposed.
It didn’t help the lie much that their own regime propagandist Marandi was gleefully posting video of Emirati civilian infrastructure, such as the airport, being bombed.
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So if there is no doubt that the Iranian regime was in fact attacking the civilian infrastructure of their Sunni Muslim Arab neighbours, the only question remaining becomes: why?
Last week’s Radical Dispatch provides an answer.
Radical Media reports 5th March 2026:
This week, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) confirmed our analysis.
4) Regional Arabs & Muslims Unite…Against Iran
Due to Iran’s own absurd and aggressive behaviour, Sunni Muslim Arabs not only refused to rally behind Iran in their so-called ‘jihad’ against America, but instead started rallying around each other and against the Iranian theocracy, not against Israel. Last week’s Radical Dispatch made this forecast.
Radical Media reports 5th March 2026:
This week only brought further confirmation of this.
Here is the Arab League condemning Iran’s ‘treacherous’ and ‘massive strategic mistake’.
Egypt went further, demanding a joint Arab force arise in response.
Al-Ahram Online reports 8th March 2026:
“A foreign ministry statement said that Abdelatty made the remarks during a virtual, ministerial-level extraordinary session of the Arab League Council, held and chaired by the United Arab Emirates, to discuss the ongoing military escalation and attacks affecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a number of Arab states. During the meeting, Abdelatty stressed the need to activate the concept of Arab national security to safeguard the sovereignty and stability of Arab countries, noting that stronger mechanisms of collective Arab coordination are required to address current threats effectively. The Egyptian foreign minister also expressed Egypt’s full solidarity with the Gulf states, Jordan, and Iraq in confronting the Iranian attacks, stressing Egypt’s categorical condemnation and complete rejection of the assaults, as well as any justifications offered to defend them.”
Losing patience, the Saudi’s began threatening a direct response to Iran.
As did the UAE, while labelling Iran as ‘the enemy’ for the first time.
Sunni Muslim-majority country Turkey, too, issued a formal warning to Iran.
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Turkish President Erdogan: “In the context of today’s events, I would like to reiterate once again that persistence and stubbornness in error should be avoided. We will continue to monitor developments in coordination with NATO and our other allies, and take additional measures to strengthen our security. Subsequently, the necessary warnings were given to the Iranian authorities. However, I must emphasise the following point here. Despite our sincere warnings, actions that will jeopardise Türkiye’s friendship are being taken.”
The Qataris expressed their total sense of betrayal by Iran, warning that their behaviour had ‘destroyed everything’.
Sky News reports 9th March 2026:
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Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani: “big sense of betrayal. This is and this is the second time that’s that’s why it’s also like for us, it’s been something really significant to see the attack which was showing that being pre-planned, like once the war started, just maybe an hour after the start of the war, Qatar and other Gulf countries being attacked right away. And all of us before this war and repeatedly, we’ve been saying and repeating that we are not going to take part of any attacks or any wars against our neighbours. We would like to see a peaceful neighborhood. We were helping Iran and the United States in reaching diplomatic solutions. But this miscalculation by the Iranians to attack the Gulf countries has destroyed everything, actually. We would be like the glimpse of hope to bring some diplomatic solutions to the current conflict. And to be attacked by one of the parties of that conflict, we will prioritise, of course, defending our country and making sure that our people’s lives goes normally. And as much as possible, they don’t feel these threats coming to our countries.”
So deep was the sense of betrayal that the Kuwaitis bitterly lamented the loss of a ‘friend’.
While the Bahrainis even started supplicating to God against Iran in their nightly Ramadan prayers.
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So much for Iran leading an ‘Islamic jihad’ against America.
In what can only be described as sheer ideological madness, Iran even decided to attack their (decidedly non-Islamist) Shia-Muslim majority neighbour, Azerbaijan.
The Azeris were not happy.
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Azerbaijan President Aliyev: “We are ready to show our strength against the Eastern power and let them not forget this in Iran. And this terrorist act they committed, along with all other ugly factors, is a great example of ingratitude. As soon as the recent events occurred, we sent them a message and expressed our condolences. The Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke with his colleague on my instructions. I went to their embassy and expressed my position to offer my condolences. However, no head of state except me has ever visited any Iranian embassy. In other words, not appreciating this, putting it down, behaving like vile ungrateful people does not bring honour to anyone. And these dishonourable people, those who committed this terrorist act against us, will regret it. Let them not test our strength. Those who wanted to test our strength had their heads broken with an iron fist. Today’s incident will have the same result.”
5) This War Will Be Contained
As should by now be quite clear, the Iranian theocrats have a high regard for their own self-righteousness and are therefore prone to making strategic errors clothed in ideological certainty.
Iran’s demand that all countries expel their US ambassadors before being permitted to use the Hormuz strait is an example of the high regard they hold their capabilities in.
This is a trait that all ideologues share, which is why such grandiosity is reminiscent of Iran’s warmongering counterparts in the US and Israel.
Still, the world is learning to ignore people like this.
Ignoring the warhawks by refusing to be dragged into an ever widening and further deepening conflict is exactly what the Sunni Muslim Arabs did. Iran’s attempt at expanding the conflict by triggering regional chaos backfired. Sunni Muslim Arabs did not join the war to fight back. Instead they acted diplomatically, to isolate the Iranian theocrats.
This has been noticed by Brazilian Ju Jitsu world champion, and social media commentator Jake Shields.
Perhaps Mr Shields could find the answer to his question around Sunni Muslim scepticism towards Iran, in Iran’s own long history of collaboration with globalists at the CIA.
Off Guardian reports 7th March 2026:
Either way, the Iranian regime’s plan fell flat. There was no global ‘jihad’ and Sunni Muslim Arabs did not rise up against their own rulers to support Iran.
Instead, the world condemned Iran’s aggression against its neighbours, including at the UN.
Seeing the writing on the wall, even Iran’s Sunni-Islamist allies in Britain began to back track on their previous gung-ho support for Iran’s war.
The nail in the coffin was laid today by China, who also came out and condemned Iran for attacking the Gulf Arab states.
Click to play video of China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman condemning their own ally Iran…
