[An Nahar] Washington on Tuesday hit out at Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for laying a wreath of flowers on the tomb of slain Hizbullah military commander Imad Mughniyeh during his latest visit to Beirut.
"The United States condemns the decision taken by Zarif ... to place a wreath at the grave of Imad Mughniyeh, a former leader of Lebanese Hizbullah responsible for heinous acts of terrorism that killed hundreds of innocent people, including Americans," U.S. National Security Council Spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said in a statement.
"The inhumane violence that Mughniyeh perpetrated -- and that Lebanese Hizbullah continues to perpetrate in the region with Iran's financial and material support -- has had profoundly destabilizing and deadly effects for Leb and the region," Hayden added. |