Mustaqbal Slams Iran’s Meddling: We Will Not Remain Silent
Al-Mustaqbal movement stressed on Wednesday it will not remain silent over any rhetoric that affects it, noting that Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem’s accusations don’t serve soothing the political and sectarian tension in Lebanon.
High-ranking sources in al-Mustaqbal told As Safir newspaper that Qassem’s stance is probably to express the tension that the party is going through after the release of the international tribunal’s indictment.
The Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday described the latest remarks by Qassem as “a desperate, futile attempt at accusing others of” his party’s own deeds.
He accused Sunday the Mustaqbal movement of being a “militia,” saying that it does not want to recognize Lebanon as a country of diverse sects.
The sources told the daily that Hizbullah and Iran have to anticipate the appropriate answers when attacking others.
“Iran adopted the point of view of a certain Lebanese team (concerning the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the assassination of ex-PM Rafik Hariri), thus becoming part of the internal strife over this issue,” the sources said.
The Iranian foreign ministry slammed on Tuesday as “illegitimate” allegations about Tehran’s involvement in the murder of Hariri, saying that “the STL that functions based on political objectives has no legal value.”
However, Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri condemned Iran’s position, noting that it is “exactly” like Hizbullah’s.
He said in a statement: “The Iranian position is an integral part of a policy aimed at limiting the STL’s work and preventing justice from being achieved.”
Sources told the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat that escalating the situation between Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal is affecting the local situation that became completely linked to the developments in Syria.
The sources didn’t rule out the possibility that Hizbullah’s Chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah might tackle the conflict between the two parties during Wednesday’s speech.
They said that calming down the situation is difficult, attributing the causes of this to the obstacles that face resuming the national dialogue called for by President Michel Suleiman and the absence of any mediators to limit the tension between them.
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