Iran's President Rouhani
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Iran's president: Saudi Arabia begged Israel to bomb Lebanon
After Hezbollah leader Nasrallah claimed Saudi Arabia 'is inciting Israel to launch a war against Lebanon,' Iranian President Rouhani says it's 'reprehensible and shameful for a Muslim country in the region to beg the Zionist regime to bomb the people of Lebanon.'
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani accused Saudi Arabia on Wednesday of "begging" Israel to bomb Lebanon.
"It is very reprehensible and shameful for a Muslim country in the region to beg the Zionist regime to bomb the people of Lebanon," Rouhani said at a government meeting, according to Iranian English-language news network PressTV.
"It is unprecedented in history for a Muslim country to take such measures, and this indicates the immaturity of the individuals, who have come to power in those countries," the Iranian president added, apparently implying at Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Iran's President Rouhani (Photo: AFP)
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah claimed last week that he has information according to which Saudi Arabia had asked Israel to attack in Lebanon.
"Saudi Arabia is inciting Israel to launch a war against Lebanon. I speak here about facts, not analysis. Saudi Arabia is ready to pay tens of billions of dollars to Israel for that," Nasrallah alleged.
In order to make the purported Israeli-Saudi relationship clearer, Nasrallah noted the Jerusalem Ministry of Foreign Affairs' instruction to Israeli embassies around the world to profess their support for the Saudi efforts against Hezbollah, as well as what he dubbed the "Israeli assistance" given to Syrian rebels and Al-Nusra Front, a Syrian terrorist organization linked to al-Qaeda.
"Israel is trying to incite a civil war," Nasrallah claimed, before warning Israel not to make any miscalculations in trying to take advantage of the situation in Lebanon. "Israel must not think we're afraid or confused. We're stronger than ever today."
Nasrallah's speech came on the heels of the shocking resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri the week before, which he announced while staying in Saudi Arabia. In his speech, Hariri launched into a vicious tirade against Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah for what he said was their meddling in Arab affairs and said "Iran’s arms in the region will be cut off."
