As Kerry Hails Iranian FM’s Regional ‘Reaching Out,’ Zarif Huddles With Hezbollah

Secretary of State John Kerry noted this week that Iran’s foreign minister was visiting Lebanon, and suggested that such outreach was a sign that ostensible moderates in the Iranian government sought a different, more positive role in the region. In fact Mohammad Javad Zarif’s agenda in Beirut included a meeting with the leader of the Hezbollah terrorist group and a call for Muslim countries to cooperate against the major challenges facing them including “the Zionist entity.”