Why Iran Is Determined to Protect Hezbollah in Any Peace Deal

Just 48 hours after the United States and Israel launched a massive bombing campaign of Iran, Lebanese militant group Hezbollah entered the fray and backed its patron. Tehran's closest nonstate ally, Hezbollah, has fired hundreds of rockets, missiles, and drones at neighboring Israel since March 2, opening a new front in the war and stretching Israel's military resources. Hezbollah is both a militant group and a political party that controls much of southern Lebanon. It is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, although the European…