An EU country helped Iran after an unprecedented attack by Israel

Orbán’s government (supported by Trump and especially pro-Israel) offered help to Iran after the Hezbollah pager attack.

Just days after the September 2024 Israeli attack that thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Hungarian Government offered help to Iranthe main sponsor of the Shiite movement, according to a transcript of a telephone call now revealed, according to .

At a time when the Trump administration politically supports the re-election of the Hungarian Prime Minister, a big question mark arises: what is the connection between Viktor Orbán’s executive and Tehran?

According to the transcript of the conversation, dated September 30, 2024, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó told his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, that the Hungarian secret services had already contacted the Iranian services and that Budapest would share all information collected during the investigation. Szijjártó even promised to hand over “all possible documents” to the Iranian authorities.

At the time, Hungary was already under heavy scrutiny, after the Taiwanese company whose brand was on the devices indicated to journalists that they had been under a licensing agreement. Orbán’s government sought to remove any suspicion of involvement in the September 17 attack in Lebanon, which killed 12 people and injured around 2,800.

In the conversation with Araghchi, Szijjártó insisted that the pagers had not been produced in Hungary, had never been physically in the country and had no operational connection with Hungarian companies. Budapest’s diplomatic priority appeared to be to reassure Tehran and prevent Hungary from being associated with the operation. But the content of the call will certainly raise political discomfort, not only because of its cooperative nature with Iran, but also because contrasts with Hungary’s public line of support for Israel.

Orbán supports Israel and the USA — and vice versa. But you can also reach Putin

Orbán’s executive has distinguished himself in the European Union for his pro-Israel positions. The “ugly duckling” of the EU votes favorably alongside Washington in the United Nations Security Council. In April 2025, during a visit by Benjamin Netanyahu to Budapest, Hungary also announced the withdrawal from the International Criminal Courtat a time when the Israeli prime minister was facing an arrest warrant from that court.

A few days before the Hungarian legislative elections on April 12, the American vice-president JD Vance traveled to Budapest to support the Prime Minister’s campaignwho faces a tight race and appears behind center-right rival Péter Magyar in several polls.

During the visit, Vance did not express concerns about alleged Russian interference in the Hungarian electoral process. On the contrary, he aligned with Orbán’s narrative, according to which Hungary was being targeted by Brussels and Ukraine.

Orbán has been a prominent ally of the conservative nationalist movement linked to Donald Trump and presents himself as a defender of a Christian front against immigration in Europe. At the same time, it has cultivated a close relationship with the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin. In recent months, Orbán’s campaign has been shaken by several reports about alleged collaboration between members of his government and Moscow.

One of these pieces of information, attributed by a European security official, indicated that Szijjártó he regularly called the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, to give him real-time reports during breaks in sensitive European Union meetings.

Szijjártó did not deny the authenticity of this recording, but minimized its content, stating that the journalists had only demonstrated that he was saying in private the same things he had already said publicly.