Iran replaces 40 IRGC experts in Lebanon.
Arabian Sea Newspaper - Special
**Arab Sea - Follow-ups:** **Security sources revealed that 40 experts and technicians from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) recently arrived in Lebanon by air and land, coinciding with Tehran issuing orders for other experts and technicians already present in Lebanon to leave as quickly as possible.** **The sources told "Arab Sea" that this number is expected to double in the coming period if pressure increases on the "Hezbollah" militia regarding the disarmament process or any Israeli escalation towards southern Lebanon.** **One of the security sources added that the tasks of these experts are to retrain and improve the levels of Hezbollah elements in light of working to compensate for the loss of leaders at the intelligence and military levels in Hezbollah, who were recently subjected to Israeli assassinations.** **The source indicated that "instructions have been received by former members of the Revolutionary Guard in Lebanon to withdraw and return to Tehran during this period, so that they do not fall prey to Israeli targeting through carrying out tasks or through field movements."** **The source confirmed that the presence of these new experts has become a well-known and present phenomenon in the face of tracking and monitoring technology from Tel Aviv, and hunting them down with missiles or drones will be a matter of time in the coming period by Israel.** **The source pointed out that "the presence of these experts recently illustrates the importance of the Lebanese front and Hezbollah's weapons for Iran, despite the threats of war against it and international sanctions due to its nuclear program; as it still bets on Lebanon and clings to it as a regional card."** **The source mentioned that Tehran's warning to the old experts from the Revolutionary Guard in Lebanon and issuing orders for them to return is certainly based on information after the recent war.** **They confirmed that the presence of the new experts is related to improving the capabilities of human elements and mechanisms in Hezbollah, after the loss of a group of leaders and technicians and the existence of a military vacuum in Hezbollah.** **The importance of this file increases at this time, which is linked to the launch of the party's disarmament process after the expected ratification by the Council of Ministers of the Lebanese army's plan, which has a timetable to end the disarmament process outside the legitimacy of the state, by a maximum of December 31 of this year.** **On the other hand, a well-informed Lebanese source explained that, according to information, there are elements of the Revolutionary Guard present in the Bekaa and the southern suburb to carry out tasks of modernizing the party's arsenal after the recent Israeli war, and that Tehran asked them to leave recently and return safely to Tehran.** **Israeli sorties have targeted Hezbollah military personnel in northern Litani and the Bekaa, all the way to the southern suburb in the capital, Beirut.** **The source said that the entry of these elements was not difficult during the post-Israeli war phase, especially since there is no visa system between Lebanon and Iran, and therefore arriving passengers are not subject to security checks of documents to the required extent, at a time when family visits and religious events are exploited by the Revolutionary Guard to bring its elements into Lebanon, in addition to its great experience in ways of penetrating entry and infiltration.**
