Hassan Nasrallah’s disease: Between reality and rumors… Hezbollah faces its worst era
The son of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has denied reports that his father is seriously ill amid claims he suffered a stroke or that doctors placed him on a ventilator, fearing chaos in the Iranian-backed group facing an unprecedented series of crises.
Last Friday, a speech scheduled to be given by the leader of the Iranian-backed militant group and political party, which wields considerable power in Lebanon, was canceled. Hezbollah said at the time: Nasrallah had contracted the flu, but he would then speak on Tuesday to commemorate the third anniversary of the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
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The Jerusalem Post reported, citing Lebanese and Saudi media, that Nasrallah, 62, had suffered a stroke and was in intensive care, but Nasrallah said he had spoken to his father half an hour earlier. He was responding to a separate Israeli media report that said Hassan Nasrallah was in critical condition due to the flu or the coronavirus and was unconscious and on a ventilator, while the official Iranian news agency, IRNA, reported that Nasrallah “enjoys good health conditions and is undergoing recovery procedures after the flu”.
It continued: The spread of negative news about Nasrallah’s health, even if they are not true, adds a new chapter to the crises suffered by the Iranian-backed Lebanese militias. There have been reports that Iranian funding to Hezbollah fell strongly due to the internal unrest in Iran, in addition to the collapse of its popularity in the Lebanese street and its inability to control the new political scene or choose a president until now, and the people blamed the Iranian-backed militia for the collapse of the political and economic conditions in Lebanon.
