Criticism of Iran by top Lebanese officials is unusual, particularly given Tehran's sponsorship of powerful Lebanese armed group Hezbollah
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An explosion is seen following a missile alert amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from as seen from Nahariya, northern Israel, October 16, 2024.Criticism of Iran by top Lebanese officials is unusual, particularly given Tehran's sponsorship of powerful Lebanese armed group Hezbollah
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Friday, October 18, made a rare rebuke to Iran and said Tehran’s envoy should be summoned over reported comments by a top Iranian official that it would be ready to help “negotiate” to implement a United Nations resolution onCriticism of Iran by top Lebanese officials is unusual, particularly given Tehran’s sponsorship of powerful Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, which is currently locked in battles against Israeli troops along Lebanon’s...
That resolution, which ended the last round of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006, calls for southern Lebanon to be free of any troops or weapons other than those of the Lebanese state.Lebanese PM Najib Mikati said on Friday that he was “surprised” by the comments, calling them “a blatant interference in Lebanese affairs and an attempt to establish a rejected guardianship over Lebanon.”
Mikati said such a negotiation was the prerogative of the Lebanese state, and asked Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib to summon the Chargé d’Affaires of the Iranian embassy in Beirut over Ghalibaf’s comments. – Rappler.com
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