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Senior Legislator Calls Hariri Court Political Formality
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian parliamentarian deplored the court investigating assassination of Late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri for its verdict against a number of Hezbollah members, and called the court a "politically-tainted" move with no practical implication and "a formality".
"There is no reason or evidence for Hezbollah's involvement in Rafiq Hariri's assassination and no one has, thus, far, been able to prove such an involvement," Vice-Chairman of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi told FNA on Sunday.
He blamed Lebanon's March 14 Alliance for raising unfounded allegations against Hezbollah members, and said, "Since the very first day that March 14 (Alliance) lost its position in Lebanon, it was predicted that it would take certain actions to create a rift in Lebanon."
Syria's ambassador to Lebanon on Friday said the court implicating Hezbollah members in the 2005 murder of Hariri had "significantly lost credibility" after names were leaked to the press.
"The tribunal has significantly lost credibility because of these leaks, especially as Israeli media was the first to welcome the news and disclose the content of the indictment, days before it was announced," Ali Abdel Karim Ali told reporters after meeting Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
The Netherlands-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon has issued arrest warrants for four members of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah in connection with the Hariri assassination.
The whereabouts of the four are unknown, however.
After the issuance of the verdict, Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah underlined Israel's involvement in assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and criticized the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for ignoring investigation into Israel's involvement.
Speaking for the first time since the Special Tribunal's indictment of four Hezbollah members over the murder of Hariri, Nasrallah said that Israel was behind the killing of the former Lebanese prime minister who was murdered in 2005.
"We mentioned the possibility of having Israel involved in the murder and the fact that Israeli agents were present at the murder scene one day before the murder."
"No one in the tribunal even asked the Israelis anything. This is normal, why? Because the tribunal, since its formation had a precise goal and no one was allowed to talk to Israelis … Instead of investigating the Israelis, the tribunal gathered information from them," Nasrallah stated.
He further stated that computers investigated by the tribunal were transported through Israel under their way out of Lebanon and asked why they had not been shipped out of a Beirut port.
He said Hezbollah would introduce a document proving the computers were transported from South Lebanon to Israel.
Meantime, Nasrallah warned that Hariri tribunal seeks to spread strife between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Lebanon.
"There is no reason or evidence for Hezbollah's involvement in Rafiq Hariri's assassination and no one has, thus, far, been able to prove such an involvement," Vice-Chairman of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi told FNA on Sunday.
He blamed Lebanon's March 14 Alliance for raising unfounded allegations against Hezbollah members, and said, "Since the very first day that March 14 (Alliance) lost its position in Lebanon, it was predicted that it would take certain actions to create a rift in Lebanon."
Syria's ambassador to Lebanon on Friday said the court implicating Hezbollah members in the 2005 murder of Hariri had "significantly lost credibility" after names were leaked to the press.
"The tribunal has significantly lost credibility because of these leaks, especially as Israeli media was the first to welcome the news and disclose the content of the indictment, days before it was announced," Ali Abdel Karim Ali told reporters after meeting Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
The Netherlands-based Special Tribunal for Lebanon has issued arrest warrants for four members of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah in connection with the Hariri assassination.
The whereabouts of the four are unknown, however.
After the issuance of the verdict, Secretary-General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Movement Seyed Hassan Nasrallah underlined Israel's involvement in assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and criticized the Special Tribunal for Lebanon for ignoring investigation into Israel's involvement.
Speaking for the first time since the Special Tribunal's indictment of four Hezbollah members over the murder of Hariri, Nasrallah said that Israel was behind the killing of the former Lebanese prime minister who was murdered in 2005.
"We mentioned the possibility of having Israel involved in the murder and the fact that Israeli agents were present at the murder scene one day before the murder."
"No one in the tribunal even asked the Israelis anything. This is normal, why? Because the tribunal, since its formation had a precise goal and no one was allowed to talk to Israelis … Instead of investigating the Israelis, the tribunal gathered information from them," Nasrallah stated.
He further stated that computers investigated by the tribunal were transported through Israel under their way out of Lebanon and asked why they had not been shipped out of a Beirut port.
He said Hezbollah would introduce a document proving the computers were transported from South Lebanon to Israel.
Meantime, Nasrallah warned that Hariri tribunal seeks to spread strife between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Lebanon.
