MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

AP – “TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Lebanon’s visiting defense minister on Sunday, telling him that Beirut and Tehran should work toward unity to confront the west and Israel, the country’s official news agency reported.

The visit comes amid an apparent move by Tehran to strengthen its regional ties, as it faces both pressure from the West over its nuclear program and the possible loss of a key ally, Syria’s President Bashar Assad.

Ahmadinejad told visiting Lebanese Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn to ‘resist the plots’ of ‘domination-seeking powers,’ IRNA said.

Ghosn is a member of the Christian political party Marada, which is allied with Tehran’s main partner in Lebanon, the Shiite Hezbollah movement. Marada and Hezbollah are also closely linked to Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad, who is traditionally a major power-broker in Lebanon but faces an uprising against his rule.

‘Friendships and brotherhood should be improved,’ Ahmedinejad said. He claimed Israel would carry ‘a massacre against all nations of the region’ if it could. ‘Therefore, we should support and stand by each other more than before.'” Read more.

Iranian Defense Minister – ‘Iran’s warriors are ready and willing to wipe Israel off the map’ – “As speculations over a possible strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities grow, the Islamic Republic is exacerbating its rhetoric. Deputy Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Friday warned Israel against mounting such an attack: ‘Any act by the Zionist regime against Iran will bring about its destruction.’ Hezbollah, he added, ‘Is at the forefront of the fight against Israel and it is growing stronger by the day.’ Speaking at a ceremony honoring past Hezbollah commanders, Vahidi said that “Israel is weaker than it has ever been and its army is tired and humiliated …” Read more.