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Lebanon blasts Khamenei adviser for voicing opposition to Hezbollah disarmament
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon slams what it calls “flagrant and unacceptable interference” by Iran after an adviser to the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, expressed opposition to the disarmament of its ally Hezbollah.
In a post on X, Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry says it “condemns the recent declarations by Mr. Ali Akbar Velayati… which constitute flagrant and unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of Lebanon.”
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