Report: Khamenei tells Qassem Hezbollah can take its own decisions

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has sent a letter to Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem telling him that “Hezbollah’s decisions are left to its leadership in Lebanon,” sources told An-Nahar newspaper in remarks published Wednesday.

“This is what he (Khamenei) used to practice with the late Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,” the sources added.

Iran has told Washington and other parties that Hezbollah is “free to take its own decisions regarding the fate of its weapons and its vision for negotiations with Israel,” the sources said.

“Go to Hezbollah and you’ll find the answer,” the sources quoted Tehran as telling those who have raised the issue of Hezbollah with it.