{"id":2207,"date":"2025-08-13T15:35:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/lebanon-rejects-foreign-interference-president-tells-iran-official\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T15:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:35:22","slug":"lebanon-rejects-foreign-interference-president-tells-iran-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/lebanon-rejects-foreign-interference-president-tells-iran-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon rejects foreign interference, president tells Iran official"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The security chief\u2019s visit comes after Iran expressed opposition to a government plan to disarm Hezbollah.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lebanon\u2019s president has told a senior Iranian official that Beirut rejects any interference in its internal affairs and has criticised Tehran\u2019s statements on plans to disarm Hezbollah<\/a> as \u201cunconstructive\u201d.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council chief Ali Larijani\u2019s visit to Beirut on Wednesday comes a week after the Lebanese government ordered the army to devise plans by the end of 2025 to disarm the Iran-aligned Lebanese armed group.<\/p>\n

Iran expressed opposition to the plan to disarm Hezbollah<\/a>, which before a war with Israel last year was believed to be better armed than the Lebanese military.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is forbidden for anyone \u2026 to bear arms and to use foreign backing as leverage,\u201d Aoun told Larijani, according to a statement from the Lebanese presidency posted on X.<\/p>\n

Larijani responded to Aoun by stating that Iran does not interfere in Lebanese decision-making, and that foreign countries should not give orders to Lebanon.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny decision taken by the Lebanese government in consultation with the resistance is respected by us,\u201d he said after separate talks with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, whose Amal Movement is an ally of Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran didn\u2019t bring any plan to Lebanon, the US did. Those intervening in Lebanese affairs are those dictating plans and deadlines\u201d, said Larijani.<\/p>\n

He said Lebanon should not \u201cmix its enemies with its friends \u2013 your enemy is Israel, your friend is the resistance\u201d.<\/p>\n

Larijani further added that Lebanon should appreciate Hezbollah, and its \u201cvalue of resistance\u201d.<\/p>\n

Reporting from Beirut, Al Jazeera\u2019s Zeina Khodr said Larijani appeared to have softened his language on the visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cAli Larijani has been using more diplomatic language than \u2026 a few days ago [when] he was blunt that Iran opposes the Lebanese government\u2019s decision to disarm Hezbollah.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said that Iran\u2019s policy is about friendly cooperation, not giving orders and timetables, so he was referring to the United States, the US envoy, which presented a plan to end tensions with Israel, and that plan involves disarming Hezbollah [on] a four-month timetable.\u201d<\/p>\n

A \u2018state-by-state\u2019 relationship<\/h2>\n

Dozens of Hezbollah supporters gathered along the airport road to welcome Larijani on Wednesday morning. He briefly stepped out of his car to greet them as they chanted slogans.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf \u2026 the Lebanese people are suffering, we in Iran will also feel this pain and we will stand by the dear people of Lebanon in all circumstances,\u201d Larijani told reporters shortly after landing in Beirut.<\/p>\n

The Iranian official is also scheduled to meet Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, as well as Berri, who is close to Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

Iran has suffered a series of blows in its long-running rivalry with Israel, including during 12 days of open war between the two countries in June.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah, meanwhile, was weakened during the war with Israel, which ended in a November 2024 ceasefire that Israel continues to violate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new Lebanese government, backed by the United States, has moved to further restrain the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the new Lebanese leadership wants is a state-by-state relationship, not like in the past where \u2026\u00a0 the Iranians would be dealing with Hezbollah and not [with] the Lebanese state,\u201d said Khodr.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah has called the government\u2019s disarmament decision a \u201cgrave sin\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n

Khodr said the tensions have sparked concern about potential unrest in the country.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah is part of Iran\u2019s so-called \u201caxis of resistance\u201d \u2013 a network of aligned armed groups in the region, including Hamas in Gaza and Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels, who oppose Israel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/p>\n

Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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