iraqi shi'ite cleric muqtada al-sadr attacked hassan nasrallah's policy for pursuing an iranian agenda rooted in shia sectarianism over a sunni-majority country. sadrists had long been advocate of activism solely in shia majority countries. an elder sadrist leader denounced hezbollah, accusing it of "killing more syrians than israelis. influential shia cleric subhi al-tufayli, founder and first secretary-general of hezbollah during 19891991, has slammed the militant group for its role in syrian civil war. tufayli fiercely denounced the organization as part of an iranian project that "plagues the ummah" and accused it of waging a global sectarian war against sunni brothers on the behest of ali khamenei. describing them as agents of iran's socio-political monopoly over lebanese shi'ites, tufayli condemned the organization for abandoning its original principles by serving imperialist powers and abetting russian crimes against the syrian people. re-iterating his support for the syrian revolution, tufayli stated: "if there is anyone honorable among you [hezbollah], then repent and reconsider, do not be pawns serving the us and russia. aleppo today is being destroyed like berlin. warplanes never leave its skies, its children are bombed night and day, whoever allies with these people, american or russian, i swear to god, he is an enemy." he further stated that hezbollah's actions would be remembered as "one of the most shameful periods in shia history" and that future generations would curse them for their atrocities. he lambasted the militant group's claims of fighting islamic state as lies, pointing out that it intervened in syria far before the emergence of al-nusra and is. condemning hezbollah for directing most of their attacks against opposition militias fighting is, tufayli further cited memories of the brutal ba'athist occupation of lebanon which lasted for about 3 decades, emphasizing that shias in lebanon are overwhelmingly opposed to assad family.
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