Latest credible reporting attributes the founding of Hezbollah to events in the early 1980s in Lebanon, with Iran's Revolutionary Guard support playing a key role; the group emerged around the 1982 Israeli invasion, formed by Lebanese Shia clerics and militants inspired by the Iranian Revolution. The traditional narrative emphasizes this Iranian-Lebanese origin rather than a single “creator,” reflecting a process of coalition-building among Shia factions in southern Lebanon under Iranian guidance.[2][3][4]
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