Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji is expected to summon Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, in the coming days after the diplomat made controversial comments on social media challenging Lebanon’s arms policy, a senior diplomatic source told the Central News Agency.

The decision follows a post by Amani on X, in which he criticized international calls for Hezbollah’s disarmament, describing such efforts as a “clear conspiracy against states.”

His remarks sparked concern among Lebanese officials, who viewed them as a direct challenge to national sovereignty and the State’s declared policy of maintaining exclusive control over arms.

“In a time when the United States continues to supply the Zionist entity with the latest weapons and missiles, it prevents some countries from arming and strengthening their armies, and pressures others to reduce or destroy their arsenals under various pretexts,” Amani wrote. “Once those countries yield to demands for disarmament, they become vulnerable to attack and occupation, as happened in Iraq, Libya, and Syria.”

The ambassador went on to say that Iran sees the global push for disarmament as a strategic threat to regional stability.

“We in the Islamic Republic of Iran are fully aware of the danger this conspiracy poses to the security of the region’s peoples. We warn others not to fall into the trap of the enemies,” Amani said. “Maintaining deterrent capability is the first line of defense for sovereignty and independence, and it must not be compromised.”

The comments are seen as a challenge to Lebanese State authority and an implicit endorsement of armed non-state actors, particularly Hezbollah, which possesses a large arsenal outside the control of the central government.

Lebanon has faced ongoing international pressure to fully implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which affirms that only the Lebanese State is authorized to possess weapons south of the Litani River and calls for the disarmament of all non-state entities.