Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said on Saturday that the surprise resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is aimed at creating tension in Lebanon and the entire region, Islamic Republic News Agency reports.
Qasemi's comments came in a statement issued few hours after Hariri announced his resignation from power in Saudi Arabia with anti-Iran claims in his resignation statement.
'We believe the resistant people of Lebanon will pass behind this stage,' he added. Qasemi rejected Hariri's claims against Iran as a repetition of false and unfounded anti-Iran accusations by the Zionist regime, the Saudis and the Americans.
'The sudden resignation of Mr. Hariri and its announcement in another country is not only a source of pity and wonder, but also indicates he is playing in a ground where the ill-wishers of the region have designed,' the spokesman said, adding, 'The winner of this ground is not the Arab and Muslim countries, but the Zionist regime that have defined its existence in tension among the Muslim countries across the region.'
