Lebanese Leaders Lash Out at Iran and Say Their Country Should Not Be Used as a 'Bargaining Chip'
Lebanese leaders said 9 people were killed in Israeli strikes and accused Tehran of using the country as leverage in talks with Washington.
- On Friday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam criticized Iran for rejecting the latest ceasefire deal, saying their country should not be used as a "bargaining chip" in negotiations with the United States.
- The ceasefire deal brokered Wednesday in Washington faced rejection from Iranian-backed Hezbollah, which demanded complete Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon while Israeli troops seized large swaths of the south.
- Addressing a statement from Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Aoun stated, "It's not your job to interfere into our country." The Revolutionary Guard claimed there will be "no calm" if Zionists do not withdraw from occupied territories.
- Israeli warplanes struck villages including Anqoun on Friday, killing nine people in six locations in southern Lebanon and forcing families to flee as the military issued evacuation warnings for nine villages.
- American forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker linked to the Islamic Republic in the Indian Ocean, underscoring how the broader conflict threatens to disrupt global trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
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"It's not your country, it's our country (...) You don't have to intervene," said Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to Iran.
The government of L bano calls on Ir n not to use its country as a 'exchange currency' in its negotiation with the US, and I asked him not to interfere.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called on Iran Friday to stop using its country as "a means of pressure in negotiations with the United States to end the Middle East war, " reports AFP, according to Agerpres.
«Iran uses Lebanon as a currency in the negotiation» , were the words of an impotent Joseph Aoun, president of Lebanon, to explain the reasons for the failure of the ceasefire agreement reached with Israel. The Beirut government feels that the country is being hijacked by an Islamic republic that controls Hizbollah and is betting to include the Lebanese front in its negotiation with Donald Trump. With the passing of days, Lebanese and Israelis p…
Lebanese leaders lash out at Iran, say their country should not be used as 'bargaining chip'
Lebanon’s president and prime minister criticized Iran on Friday for opposing the latest ceasefire deal between the Lebanese government and Israel, saying their country should not be used by Tehran as a “bargaining chip” in its talks with Washington.
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