Iran smuggles arms to Hezbollah for more than 10 years

NEW YORK - 26 August 2017: US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that Iran has been smuggling arms to Hezbollah for more than 10 years, Sky news reported Friday.

She also criticized Irish Major General Michael Beary, the commander of United Nations forces in Lebanon, accusing him of turning a blind eye to Iran's covert arming of the Hezbollah group.

"General Beary says there are no Hezbollah weapons," she said. "That’s an embarrassing lack of understanding on what’s going on around him."

"Hezbollah openly brags about their weapons. They parade them before TV cameras. The secretary general’s reports have confirmed this. For the UNIFIL commander to deny it ... has any proof, shows that we need to have changes in UNIFIL," Haley said.