Iran reportedly smuggling weapons to Hezbollah via Beirut port
Peloni: The solution to the flow of arms to Lebanon resides not in preventing the arms arriving in Lebanon, but in preventing the arms from being sent from Iran. Indeed, Iran’s influence in Lebanon, and its rearming of Hezbollah will persist so long as the Mullahs retain in power in Tehran. Until such time as regime change in Tehran take place, Iran’s control over that nation will persist, and its arms will make their way to Hezbollah, one way or another.
By David Daoud | April 9, 2025
An unnamed “Western security source” told Al Arabiya and its Al Hadath sister channel that Hezbollah is using the Port of Beirut to smuggle weapons into Lebanon from Iran. The source told Al Arabiya that Hezbollah “reasserted its control” over Beirut’s port—presumably after the group’s recent war with Israel and the November 27 Israel-Lebanon ceasefire—to facilitate transfers from Iran after Hezbollah lost its Syrian lifeline with the downfall of Bashar al Assad’s regime on December 8, 2024. Hezbollah is also adapting to Lebanon’s relatively tightened controls at Beirut’s Hariri International Airport.
The source said that Unit 190 and Unit 700 of the Quds Force, the external operations arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were overseeing these weapons transfers to Hezbollah. The source said these units were smuggling weapons either via direct maritime channels between Iran and Lebanon or by using intermediate countries.
