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Nasrallah says Hezbollah would not be part of Iran nuclear talks

The Shiite party's leader also said Hezbollah has doubled its missile supplies.

Lebanese men watch the head of the country's Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah during a televised speech, at a coffee shop in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, on August 30, 2020, on the tenth day of the month of Muharram which marks the peak of Ashura. - Ashura is a 10-day period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Ge
Lebanese men watch the head of the country's Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah during a televised speech, at a coffee shop in the southern suburbs of the capital, Beirut, on Aug. 30, 2020, on the tenth day of the month of Muharram, which marks the peak of Ashura. — ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah claimed in an interview yesterday that the Lebanese Shiite party’s militant wing had doubled its supply of precision-guided missiles and can strike anywhere in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.

“The precision missile project has not stopped and will not stop,” Nasrallah told pro-Hezbollah Al-Mayadeen TV, adding that any Israeli strike on Lebanon would be met with retaliation.

He also alleged that Saudi Arabia, Israel and the United States have discussed potentially assassinating him, but he provided no evidence.

“According to our data, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman raised the issue of my assassination during his visit to Washington,” Nasrallah said, adding that US officials “agreed to a Saudi request to assassinate me and that Israel would implement it.”

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