Lebanon rejects foreign interference, president tells Iran official

Lebanon’s president has told a senior Iranian official that Beirut rejects any interference in its internal affairs and has criticised Tehran’s statements on plans to disarm Hezbollah as “unconstructive”. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council chief Ali Larijani’s 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. Iran expressed opposition to the plan to disarm Hezbollah, which before a war with Israel last year was believed to be better armed than the Lebanese military. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut. Lorenzo Trombetta is a Senior Middle East Analyst for the Italian News Agency, who has been covering Lebanon for the past 20 years. He explains what Iran could be trying to achieve through this visit. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Lebanon #Iran #Hezbollah #HezbollahDisarmament #LebaneseArmy #SouthernLebanon #Israel #HezbollahIsraelTensions #AliLarijani #JosephAoun #HezbollahIsraelCeasefire #AlJazeeraEnglish Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Lebanon #Iran #Hezbollah #HezbollahDisarmament #LebaneseArmy #SouthernLebanon #Israel #HezbollahIsraelTensions #AliLarijani #JosephAoun #HezbollahIsraelCeasefire #AlJazeeraEnglish