{"id":8748,"date":"2017-11-04T23:51:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T04:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=8748"},"modified":"2017-11-04T23:51:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T04:51:59","slug":"saad-hariri-lebanese-prime-minister-resigns-blasts-iran-regime-hezbollah-for-meddling-in-arab-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/8748\/","title":{"rendered":"Saad Hariri #Lebanese Prime Minister Resigns, Blasts Iran Regime, #Hezbollah for Meddling in Arab Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hariri says he fears a ‘plot to target his life,’ threatens that ‘Iran’s arms in the region will be cut off’<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced he is resigning in a surprise move on Saturday following a trip to Saudi Arabia.
\nIn a televised broadcast, Hariri said he feared a plot to target his life and criticized Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah for meddling in Arab affairs.<\/p>\n

“We are living in a climate similar to the atmosphere that prevailed before the assassination of (his father the late prime minister) martyr Rafik Hariri. I have sensed what is being plotted covertly to target my life,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Iran’s arms in the region will be cut off,” he added.<\/p>\n

Hariri was appointed prime minister in late 2016 and headed a 30-member national unity cabinet that included the Shiite militant Hezbollah.
\nThe government has largely succeeded in protecting the country from the effects of the civil war in neighboring Syria.<\/p>\n

Hariri’s resignation is expected to raise tensions in the country.<\/p>\n

(Reuters and Associated Press Nov 04, 2017)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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