{"id":332073,"date":"2025-05-27T13:23:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=332073"},"modified":"2025-05-27T13:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:23:52","slug":"iran-news-lebanese-pm-rejects-iranian-political-model-asserts-sovereignty-over-armed-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-lebanese-pm-rejects-iranian-political-model-asserts-sovereignty-over-armed-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Lebanese PM Rejects Iranian Political Model, Asserts Sovereignty Over Armed Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_332074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332074\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-332074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lebanese-Prime-Minister-Nawaf-Salam-speaks-during-an-interview-with-Sky-News-Arabia-in-Abu-Dhabi-May-27-2025.jpg\" alt=\"Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks during an interview with Sky News Arabia in Abu Dhabi, May 27, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lebanese-Prime-Minister-Nawaf-Salam-speaks-during-an-interview-with-Sky-News-Arabia-in-Abu-Dhabi-May-27-2025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lebanese-Prime-Minister-Nawaf-Salam-speaks-during-an-interview-with-Sky-News-Arabia-in-Abu-Dhabi-May-27-2025-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lebanese-Prime-Minister-Nawaf-Salam-speaks-during-an-interview-with-Sky-News-Arabia-in-Abu-Dhabi-May-27-2025-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lebanese-Prime-Minister-Nawaf-Salam-speaks-during-an-interview-with-Sky-News-Arabia-in-Abu-Dhabi-May-27-2025-753x420.jpg 753w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lebanese-Prime-Minister-Nawaf-Salam-speaks-during-an-interview-with-Sky-News-Arabia-in-Abu-Dhabi-May-27-2025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lebanese-Prime-Minister-Nawaf-Salam-speaks-during-an-interview-with-Sky-News-Arabia-in-Abu-Dhabi-May-27-2025-696x388.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-332074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks during an interview with Sky News Arabia in Abu Dhabi, May 27, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a televised <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/v6FYJzLRyiA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with <em>Sky News Arabia<\/em><\/a> on Monday, May 26, 2025, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam firmly rejected any alignment with the Iranian model of governance, stressing the Lebanese state&#8217;s commitment to sovereignty and national unity over external ideological influences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat applies to the Islamic Republic of Iran cannot apply to the Republic of Lebanon,\u201d Salam stated, directly distancing Beirut from Tehran\u2019s political system. He emphasized that Lebanon&#8217;s path must reflect its own constitution, national unity, and democratic principles\u2014not the ideological or religious frameworks imposed by foreign states.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Without naming Hezbollah directly, Salam addressed the ongoing controversy over non-state weapons in Lebanon, saying: \u201cWe cannot continue to coexist with a duality of weapons.\u201d He reaffirmed the Lebanese state\u2019s exclusive right to arms and security, declaring: \u201cThe weapon must be one\u2014under the authority of the Lebanese state.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: Lebanese Leader Demands Disarmament of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hezbollah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hezbollah<\/a>, Blames Tehran for Undermining Lebanon\u2019s Sovereignty<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lOp8CUESyw\">https:\/\/t.co\/lOp8CUESyw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1908586959406063787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response to questions about regional ties, Salam underlined Lebanon\u2019s stance against foreign interference. \u201cWe do not accept tutelage from any country\u2014be it Syria, Iran, or anyone else,\u201d he said. He called for balanced relations with all regional actors, but made clear that Lebanon would not serve as a platform for advancing external agendas.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-134\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3c3a41c1-8c1f-42e3-aabf-cdc7d3299f38\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4-1-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"727\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Salam\u2019s remarks represent one of the clearest rejections to date of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/leaked-documents-expose-iranian-regimes-unraveling-agenda-in-syria-and-lebanon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iranian influence in Lebanese<\/a> governance by a sitting Lebanese Prime Minister. His statements come amid ongoing regional tensions and renewed international scrutiny of Tehran\u2019s role in Lebanon through its support for Hezbollah and other allied factions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"727\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Lebanese authorities have increasingly intensified inspections of Iranian flights and shipments at Beirut\u2019s Rafic Hariri International Airport since early 2025, aiming to prevent the transfer of funds and materials linked to Tehran and Hezbollah. These heightened security measures, including expanded military oversight and thorough cargo checks on flights arriving from Iran and Iraq, reflect Lebanon\u2019s growing effort to reassert sovereignty and limit Iranian influence amid mounting internal and external pressures. Despite protests from Iranian officials and state media accusing these actions of being politically motivated, the inspections underscore a clear shift in Lebanon\u2019s stance toward Tehran\u2019s regional operations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a televised interview with Sky News Arabia on Monday, May 26, 2025, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam firmly rejected any alignment with the Iranian model of governance, stressing the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":332074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[287],"class_list":{"0":"post-332073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-terrorism-a-fundamentalism","8":"tag-iran-terrorism"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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