By NNN-IRNA,
Tehran : Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman on Friday expressed deep regret over prevailing chaotic status in Lebanon, emphasizing US-Israeli adventurism there is main cause for lingering crisis and instability in Lebanon between its Shiite militant Hezbollah ally and the Western-backed ruling majority.
Mohammad-Ali Hosseini who was reflecting Iran’s basic stands on recent clashes between political forces in Lebanon, repeated that Iran’s stand on Lebanon has always been based on non-interference in a matter that is entirely related to the Lebanese nation, alone.
He added, “The Islamic Republic of Iran also believes under the current conditions the Lebanese nation and various political groups there should maintain full alertness about the plots hatched abroad for their country.”
Hosseini further reiterated, “Unfortunately, a part of the political scenario planned for Lebanon abroad, whose aftermaths were easy to predict well in advance, and warnings about which had been issued in time, has now been put to effect.”
According to Foreign Ministry Media and Information Office, he expressed hope that the responsible sides for the emergence of the ongoing crisis in Lebanon would now take necessary steps aimed at restoration of peace and stability to that country.
The Foreign Ministry Spokesman further emphasized that the US and Israeli irresponsible interferences in Lebanon’s internal affairs is the root cause for the ongoing political crisis and chaotic conditions there.
He further emphasized, “Those who failed in achieving their goals in the course of the 33-Day War against the Lebanese nation aimed at Lebanon’s political independence and national unity ever since then, to take revenge.”
Hosseini expressed regret over the ongoing chaotic conditions in Beirut, reiterating, “Incessant efforts made by the Islamic Republic of Iran to make up among various political groups in that country have not been accompanied with the assistance of the other countries.
The Foreign Ministry Spokesman said that the Islamic Republic of Iran would all the same continue such efforts, believing they are to the benefit of the Lebanese nation.