Saudi plot against Lebanon foiled by Nasrallah’s remarks: Emami Kashani

Tehran's Provisional Friday Prayer Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said recent remarks made by Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah foiled the Saudi regime’s plot to undermine unity in Lebanon.

According to Tasnim News Agency, addressing a congregation of worshipers in Tehran on Friday, Ayatollah Emami Kashani pointed to Lebanon’s latest developments and said the Saudi regime, whose king calls himself the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has hatched plots against some Muslim countries, including Lebanon.

The Saudis are seeking to create civil unrest in the Arab country, which is enjoying peace and tranquility, the religious scholar noted.

"However, with the Grace of Almighty God, the Lebanese people are vigilant against the plots", Ayatollah Emami Kashani said, adding that recent remarks made by Nasrallah, who said Hezbollah would welcome the return of former prime minister Saad Hariri, thwarted the Aal-e Saud’s plots.   

Secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah last week said that Saudi authorities had clearly and openly declared war on Lebanon by holding Hariri hostage in the oil-rich kingdom and forcing him to quit his post.

“Hariri is a prisoner in Saudi Arabia, and cannot return to his own country. Saudi Arabia is seeking to impose its will on the Lebanese government. It is trying to sow the seeds of discord among various political factions here and pit them against each other,” Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah added.

He emphasized that Saudi Arabia wanted to destroy Lebanon under the pretext of combating Hezbollah, noting that Riyadh "was the main architect of Israel’s war on Lebanon in the summer of 2006.”

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