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In reality they are agents to foreign sides
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday rejected Hizbullah accusations of the LF”s involvement in the disappearance of four Iranian diplomats during the civil war, saying such allegations are aimed at tarnishing the party”s image ahead of the parliamentary elections.
Geagea was responding to Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah”s comments in which he claimed the Israelis have provided Hizbullah with a report on the four Iranians, saying they were kidnapped by the Lebanese Forces at a checkpoint in north Lebanon and killed later.
"Taking advantage of the situation and accusing the LF of involvement ahead of the elections is understandable but is not acceptable," Geagea stressed during a press conference in Merab.
When asked if the LF kidnapped the Iranians, Geagea said: "I could say that I have no link to the case of the four diplomats whatsoever but I decided not to reply to questions about incidents during the war unless the case is officially opened. If they want to open the files of the war they are welcomed."
"We regret that Sayyed Nasrallah brought up this issue in particular at this time and in this way" and accused the LF of involvement in the disappearance of the diplomats after 27 years, Geagea said.
He wondered why Nasrallah hasn”t called for an investigation into the issue, saying the Hizbullah chief should have asked who assassinated western diplomats during the Lebanese civil war.
"I would have hoped that our political foes would retaliate through political means and not accusations of treachery," Geagea told reporters. "In reality they are agents to foreign sides."
He said he was ready to cooperate with security and judicial authorities on the case "but not through accusations."
LF MP Antoine Zahra also said Thursday that his party was not involved in the case of the four Iranians who went missing during Israel”s 1982 invasion of Lebanon.