| Submit your comments on this article |
| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Hezbollah blasts Hariri UN tribunal |
| 2010-10-11 |
| [Iran Press TV] Hezbullies Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has criticized the way the UN tribunal is handling the case of Leb's ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's assassination. In a televised address on Saturday, Nasrallah accused the tribunal of protecting false witnesses who misled the investigation. He said that the court must provide sufficient evidence that it is a judicial investigation body and would not be affected by fabricated testimonies in the future indictment. "It is a political investigation which is masked by a judicial covering and made into a judicial system. All of these in the past have proved that the special tribunal was used as a political tool," the Hezbullies chief said. In 2005, Lebanese former premier Hariri was killed in a massive car bombing in the capital city of Beirut. The UN Special Tribunal for Leb was set up by the world body and the Lebanese government in May 2007 to investigate the case. Western-backed parties in Leb accused Syria and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbullies of involvement in the Hariri murder, a claim rejected by both Damascus and Hezbullies. In September, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri admitted to have wrongly accused Syria of being behind his father's assassination and acknowledged that the accusations were politically charged. |
| Posted by:Fred |