BIG MISTAKE : IRAN APPOINTS IRGC GENERAL AS MILITARY GOVERNOR OF LEBANON

 That is what has happened. After Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed the ayatollahs appointed Hashem Saifeddine as his successor. Then within days of being appointed Hashem was also killed. There was a successor to Hashem who was also killed in another few days. Another fellow Naim Qassem who has always been the long time "deputy" leader of Hezbollah refused to become the new leader - he is afraid of also getting killed.

So the ayatollahs in Teheran were in a quandary - who can they find from inside Lebanon - to become the leader of Hezbollah (meaning become the leader of Lebanon). Understandably no one was applying for the job.  

Now the ayatollahs have sent an Iranian military general, Mohammadreza Fallahzadeh a commander from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to take charge of the Hezbollah. For the first time ever an Iranian general is being sent to run the Hezbollah which is the de facto ruling authority in Lebanon as well as being Lebanon's most powerful military outfit, being vastly more powerful than the Lebanese Army. 

An Iranian military general has been appointed the leader of an Arab nation.  Mohammadreza Fallahzadeh will not be appearing in public in Lebanon anytime soon. He may have to work from an undergound bunker - in Teheran.

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