Velayati, adviser to Iran's supreme leader, posted on social media late June 14
that "zero hour has arrived, launchers are in position" and orders have been
given after an "enemy miscalculation" in Beirut exhausted Iran's patience. He
said HEZBOLLAH is an important part of the resistance front and warned that if
fighting and unrest in Lebanon continue, the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el‑Mandeb
would be used to "strangle" the enemy's economic lifeline.
