Lebanon slammed what it called "flagrant and unacceptable interference" by Iran on Saturday after an adviser to the Islamic republic's supreme leader expressed opposition to the disarmament of its ally Hezbollah.

The Lebanese cabinet ordered the army on Tuesday to draw up a plan to establish exclusive government control over weapons by the end of the year -- a move that would mean disarming Hezbollah.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran is certainly opposed to the disarmament of Hezbollah," Ali Akbar Velayati, international affairs adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency.

"Iran has always supported the people and the resistance of Lebanon and continues to do so."

In a post on X, the Lebanese foreign ministry condemned Velayati's remarks, which consti

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