US EditionLebanon president tells Iran security chief he 'rejects all interference'
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun demands Hezbollah disarmament by year-end and rejects foreign interference amid US pressure and regional tensions, with Iran expressing support for Lebanon’s sovereignty.
- On August 13, 2025, Ali Larijani arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, as the most senior Iranian official since Lebanon voted last week to disarm Hezbollah by year-end.
- Last week, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said the Islamic republic was 'certainly opposed' to the U.S.-backed disarmament plan for Hezbollah, prompting Lebanese rejection.
- Meanwhile, Hezbollah and Amal ministers walked out of the cabinet session in protest of the disarmament plan, citing opposition to U.S.-backed proposals.
- The Lebanese Foreign Ministry warned oversteps 'will not be tolerated by the Lebanese State under any circumstances,' and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam declared Beirut would 'tolerate neither tutelage nor diktat' during the Wednesday visit, with Hezbollah supporters greeting Larijani at Rafik Hariri International Airport.
- Despite its proxy status, Hezbollah has been severely weakened by the 14-month war with Israel that left much of its leadership dead and caused over 4,000 casualties in Lebanon, with $11 billion in reconstruction costs.
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri met with visiting Iranian National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani today, and it was something of an awkward exchange, leading to Aoun warning Larijani that no group within Lebanon is allowed to bear arms anymore, nor to rely on foreign backing. The…
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