Lebanon’s Hezbollah agrees to third shipment of Iranian fuel

Hassan Nasrallah agrees to new shipment to ease shortages in the country, but critics warn move risks sanctions.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said a third shipment of Iranian fuel has been agreed to ease crippling shortages in Lebanon. “We have agreed to start loading a third vessel,” Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Friday. “The coming days will prove those doubtful about the shipments arriving with fuel wrong … and our words will be clear when the first vessel reaches Lebanon.”