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Deputy FM: Trump’s Lebanon intervention claim exposes US role in Israeli crimes
Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi made the remarks on his X account on Tuesday, hours after US President Donald Trump claimed that he had persuaded Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel a large-scale attack on Beirut, Press TV reported.
Gharibabadi said recent developments in Lebanon, Syria, and occupied Al-Quds demonstrate that instability in the region is not the result of isolated tensions but rather Israel's actions and the impunity it enjoys.
Gharibabadi said Trump's remarks were less a sign of Washington's commitment to peace but evidence of its role in Israeli military decisions.
“In this context, the US president’s claim that he dissuaded Netanyahu from launching a major attack on Beirut is more than a sign of Washington's desire for peace and a confirmation of the United States' direct role in managing the aggressions of the Zionist regime,” the senior Iranian diplomat wrote.
Gharibabadi then posed the central question arising from Trump's statement, asking, “If the decision to attack the capital of an independent country can be changed with a single phone call, the main question is why months of ceasefire violations, aggression against Lebanon, the displacement of people, and threats against the country's sovereignty continued with Western political and military support.”