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“Hezbollah officials will not respond to any foreign actor and will implement their plans
*on the ground+,” the daily said.
However, the paper added that “the political conflict will shift to a more stable phase if
the court’s indictment were to be postponed until next March.”
Tension is high in Lebanon amid unconfirmed reports that the STL will soon issue its
indictment in former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s 2005 assassination. It is rumored that
the indictment will name Hezbollah members.
In a speech on November 11, Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said
that Hezbollah will “cut off the hand” of anyone who tries to arrest any of its members in
the case. (Now Lebanon)
Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Monday with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei in Tehran at the end of a landmark three-day visit to Iran that fostered
relations between the institutions of both states.
The website of Khamenei’s office said Khamenei expressed his satisfaction with the good
relationship between Hariri and Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah along with
other officials from the party.
“These relationships should become stronger than before,” Khamenei was quoted as
telling Hariri. “As long as the Zionist regime exists, Lebanon will need resistance.”
Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi, who spoke to reporters on his way
back to Lebanon after taking part in the three-day talks, said Khamenei told Hariri that
national unity is the best means to defend Lebanon.
The Iranian envoy said he was optimistic regarding the situation in Lebanon, “based on
what I am witnessing in my eyes.”
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