Lebanon president tells Iran 'not your job to interfere' in country

Published June 5, 2026 Updated June 5, 2026 07:29pm

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has urged Iran not to interfere in his country in a video interview published by CNN, also telling Hezbollah that diplomacy was the only solution to the conflict with Israel, AFP reports.

“It’s not your country, it’s our country … It’s not your job to interfere into our country,” Aoun tells Iran in the interview, adding that “they are using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in their negotiation with the United States. It’s unacceptable”.

“Hezbollah must understand that [there is] no other way but to sit and talk, no other way to solve this problem and to save what’s left except through negotiation and diplomacy,” he adds.

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