This position was accompanied by Iran’s harder line on military involvement in the Syrian civil war, echoed by its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah. For some time, under the impact of the Syrian civil war – and still smarting from the 2006 war with Israel – Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader, had lowered his profile and moderated his rhetoric.
伊朗的这一立场在其对叙利亚内战的强硬干涉及其黎巴嫩真主党代理人的附和中显露无疑。有一段时间，在叙利亚内战——以及2006年对以色列战争创伤的余痛未消——的影响下，真主党领袖纳斯鲁拉开始低调行事，口风也不再强硬。但这已是过去的事了。