📰 4 sources 5 articles · 26 Sep 2026, 23:10 → 21 days ago

Lebanese Foreign Minister Rajeh: Decision Has Returned to the Lebanese Government Alone and Iran Has Not Grasped It

Remarks by Lebanese Foreign Minister Rajeh affirming that the decision has returned to the Lebanese government alone and that the Iranians have not yet grasped this, while stressing that there is no proxy negotiation and that Lebanon confronts Hezbollah and Iran through the state's decision. Several Lebanese media outlets reported the statement in succession.

📍 Where things stand: The statement continues to dominate Lebanese media coverage, with no additional official position or announced response to these remarks.

⏱️ Timeline

26 Sep 2026, 23:10 Minister Rajeh said the Iranians have not yet grasped that the decision has returned to the Lebanese government alone, in a remark focused on decision-making authority returning to the Lebanese authority.
26 Sep 2026, 23:29 Minister Rajeh affirmed that there is no proxy negotiation, stressing that Lebanon confronts Hezbollah and Iran through the state's decision.
27 Sep 2026, 08:09 Lebanese media outlets re-reported the Foreign Minister's statement that Iran has not grasped that the decision has returned to the Lebanese government alone.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

How the sources covered it

Coverage varied between focusing on the phrase that the decision has returned to the Lebanese government alone, and highlighting the 'no proxy negotiation' element and confronting Hezbollah and Iran through the state's decision, with differences in how the speaker was described.

Lebanon 24 It led with the remark attributed to 'Rajeh' that the Iranians have not yet grasped that the decision has returned to the Lebanese government alone, and did not include the 'no proxy negotiation' element or any mention of Hezbollah.
صوت بيروت إنترناشونال It published two reports: the first highlighted the phrase 'no proxy negotiation' and that Lebanon confronts Hezbollah and Iran through the state's decision, while the second re-reported the phrase that Iran has not grasped the return of the decision to the Lebanese government alone.
جنوبية It focused on the question of sovereign decision-making in Lebanon and its relation to Tehran, attributing the statement to the Foreign Minister.
Al Akhbar It highlighted the return of decision-making authority to the Lebanese authority, attributing the statement to 'Rajeh'.