President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday warned Iran's arch foes Israel, the United States and some European nations to stop their "sedition" in Lebanon or the people there would "chop" their hands.
"You are on a rough downhill path that will take you into a deep valley and your actions show that your decline is on a fast track," Ahmadinejad, referring to the United States, Israel and unspecified European nations, told a cheering crowd in the city of Yazd in a speech broadcast live on state television.
"With these actions, you are damaging your reputation. Stop your interference. If you don't stop your sedition (in Lebanon), then the Lebanese nation and regional countries will cut your nasty, plotting hand."
Lebanon is in political turmoil after its government collapsed when powerful Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies resigned over a U.N.-backed probe into the assassination of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq al-Hariri.
Members of Iran-backed Hezbollah are reportedly to be implicated in the assassination and fears of sectarian violence have mounted in Lebanon since indictments - yet to be made public - were finalised on Monday by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon based in The Hague.
Iran, like Hezbollah, accuses the tribunal of being influenced by the U.S. and Israel. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has already dismissed the much-anticipated findings of the tribunal.
"You are on a rough downhill path that will take you into a deep valley and your actions show that your decline is on a fast track," Ahmadinejad, referring to the United States, Israel and unspecified European nations, told a cheering crowd in the city of Yazd in a speech broadcast live on state television.
"With these actions, you are damaging your reputation. Stop your interference. If you don't stop your sedition (in Lebanon), then the Lebanese nation and regional countries will cut your nasty, plotting hand."
Lebanon is in political turmoil after its government collapsed when powerful Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies resigned over a U.N.-backed probe into the assassination of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq al-Hariri.
Members of Iran-backed Hezbollah are reportedly to be implicated in the assassination and fears of sectarian violence have mounted in Lebanon since indictments - yet to be made public - were finalised on Monday by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon based in The Hague.
Iran, like Hezbollah, accuses the tribunal of being influenced by the U.S. and Israel. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has already dismissed the much-anticipated findings of the tribunal.
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