Understanding the Power of Hezbollah: The Secret to its Victories, and its Permanence in the Lebanese Political Arena

Over the past four decades, Hezbollah hasthrived in achieving widespread political and military success in Lebanon. Allthis while the group has been under constant external pressure as well asinternal conspiracies to weaken it. The main question that comes to mind is,‘how was Hezbollah able to overcome these problems? And what is the role of theIslamic Republic of Iran in this regard? The research hypothesis emphasizes Hezbollah’sstrengthening of its soft power as well as the impact of the IslamicRevolution's pattern on the successes of Hezbollah. The result, with thedescriptive-analytical method, shows that Lebanon’s Hezbollah relies on theconcepts of divine grace and help, the culture of resistance, jihad, andmartyrdom, the spiritual position of the Leadership and the principle of Theguardianship of the Islamic jurist (Velayat-e Faqih), courage and resilienceagainst foreign enemies, Acting to serve the deprived areas, and the proper useof media, which joined together have strengthened Hezbollah’s soft power.Accordingly, Hezbollah's soft power has continuously reproduced, and along withits hard power, it has become a factor that contributes to Hezbollah’s admiration.That is why much of the West's efforts, after failing to disarm Hezbollah, havebeen to defeat and silent its soft power.