Soon after the deadly Israeli attack that caused thousands of Hezbollah pagers to explode in September 2024, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government offered its assistance to Iran, the key sponsor of Hezbollah, considered a terrorist organization by the United States. “I just wanted to tell you personally that our services have already contacted yours,” Szijjarto told Araghchi at the time, according to the transcript. It has one manager registered at its declared address, and the referenced devices have never been in Hungary.”Kovacs also said that the Hungarian national security services were “cooperating with all relevant international partner agencies and organizations.” He did not however specify that these partner agencies included the Iranian security services. Kovacs did not respond immediately to a request for comment about the transcript. A former White House official said that while it was not surprising that Hungary would seek to ameliorate possible tensions with Iran over the pager attack, the call clashed with Orban’s overt support for Israel.

Source: Washington Post April 09, 2026 12:03 UTC