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Iranian threat to Lebanese Prime Minister aims to sabotage negotiations
The Iranian regime's ununified leadership exposes deep internal chaos with public threats against Lebanon's Prime Minister.
![Supreme Leader’s advisor, Ali Akbar Velayati, in Tehran, on June 3, 2013. [Atta Kenare / AFP]](/gc1/images/2026/05/06/55842-ali_akbar_velayati_-600_384.webp)
By Nohad Topalian |
The Iranian regime, through Supreme Leader’s advisor, Ali Akbar Velayati, openly threatened Lebanon Prime Minister Nawaf Salam over the direct ceasefire negotiations with Israel.
This calculated move aims to force the Lebanese government to fully submit to the mandates of the regime and its proxy, Hizbullah.
Velayati warned Salam on April 11 against "neglecting the heroic Hizbullah's unique role", saying national stability requires "government synergy with the Resistance."
Commentator Ziad Itani confirmed the threat signifies "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Crops (IRGC) control of Hizbullah following Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah's death, and a push to obstruct Lebanon's independent negotiation efforts."
The IRGC views President Aoun's efforts to establish national sovereignty and conduct direct talks as a severe threat to their influential "Axis of Resistance".
"Iran is undermining negotiations because the regime perceives absolutely no benefit from Lebanon reaching any permanent peace agreement," Itani told Al-Fasel.
IRGC commander Ahmad Vahidi actively directs operations to sabotage the negotiations, using the Lebanon file to marginalize all moderate Iranian politicians.
The Iranian regime's priority is maintaining regional instability as a crucial bargaining chip, sacrificing peace for the suffering Lebanese population.
These aggressive actions highlight profound leadership confusion and show that internal power struggles are currently intense.
This chaos was fully confirmed when the Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi declared the Strait of Hormuz "completely open" on April 17.
However, The IRGC immediately contradicted diplomatic statements by declaring the Strait closed and threatening to target any vessel attempting passage.
It is Iran who ruined Lebanon with its weapons, its operatives, and its blatant interference in the country's affairs. How does it interfere, compared to others? Others intervene through tourism, trade, and the influx of capital to help Lebanon prosper, while Iran intervenes with weapons, militias, and divisive rhetoric, bringing nothing but destruction. Name me a single other country that maintains militias within Lebanon besides Iran.
Iran supports the Resistance and does not interfere in Lebanon's internal affairs, as compared to those who interfere to protect agents, traitors to the nation, and their cronies.
Lebanon must sever diplomatic and commercial relations with Iran, expel the Iranian ambassador, and withdraw the Lebanese ambassador from Iran.
May Allah exact vengeance upon Iran and its people, and upon every cohort and collaborator in its service! May it be swift. Amen.
Peace be upon you!
May all the sects of the Lebanese nation unite under the banner of the eternal cedar—all of us for the homeland, and for the flag. Let us live in safety free from tutelage. We believe the time is ripe. Lebanon belongs to all people, for it is the cradle of all religions and governed by the most beautiful of earthly laws. Thank you.
It appears from the articles that they are biased, do not serve Lebanon, and fail to recognize the national value of the resistance. They are completely aligned with Nawaf, who is known to come from a family considered traitorous to the nation. It seems he seeks to sell out Lebanon and relinquish its south. Iran, on the other hand, is a state that supports the resistance and does not interfere in Lebanon’s internal affairs as others do. A journalist should not forget the meaning of dignity, honour, and belonging, nor sell his pen, because in the end Allah upholds only the truth and stands with those who shed blood for the sake of the homeland.