Shafaq News/ On Sunday, Lebanon’sHezbollah urged the government to reverse a ban on Iranian planes landing atBeirut airport, after a decision to block a Mahan Air flight triggered protestsand clashes with security forces.
In a statement, Hezbollah saidthe government's decision to bar the Mahan Air flight from landing on Friday “violatedLebanon's sovereignty” and left Lebanese citizens stranded in Tehran. The partywarned against allowing what it called “Israeli influence to shape nationalpolicies.”
Thousands of Hezbollahsupporters gathered, on Saturday, near Rafic Hariri International Airport in a peacefulprotest called for by the party to denounce “Israeliinterference” and “the imposition of conditions on national sovereignty.” However,the demonstration turned violent when security forces fired tear gas todisperse the crowd, resulting in several injuries. Gunfire was reported, thoughit was unclear who was responsible.
إصابات في صفوف المتظاهرين على #طريق_المطار في #بيروت، بعد إطلاق الجيش قنابل مسيلة للدموع باتجاههم.#لبنان #الميادين_لبنان pic.twitter.com/Oza2ltE80l
— الميادين لبنان (@mayadeenlebanon) February 15, 2025In response, Hezbollahcondemned what it called an “unjustified assault on peaceful citizens” anddemanded the army leadership “launch an urgent investigation into the incidentand take appropriate measures.”
Mahmoud Qomati, deputy head ofHezbollah's Political Council, said during a speech at the protest site thatthe flight ban is “an insult to the Lebanese state and confirms the impositionof US conditions on it.” He reaffirmed the party’s rejection of any USdominance over Lebanon, stressing that “patience has its limits.”
“The Lebanese state remainsunder US diktats, and we do not accept that this nation be under American andIsraeli control,” Qomati stated.
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