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Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/05/middleeast/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-peace-intl
Lebanese President Tells Iran: "It's Not Your Country, It's Our Country"
(CNN) Mostafa Salem - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told CNN in an interview on Friday, "We are fed up and we want to live in peace." Lebanese people "deserve not seeing their homes being destroyed every five to 10 years." Since its founding in the 1980s, Hizbullah has gone to war with Israel multiple times. The Lebanese state had pledged to tackle the daunting task of disarming Hizbullah. "It's not your country, it's our country," Aoun said, addressing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - the main backers of Hizbullah. Iran is "using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in their negotiation with U.S." Addressing Iran, he said, "You are not trying to help us...the people of Lebanon are paying the price...for the sake of your own interest. Our interests...do not coincide with your interests."