"...In a sign of further political tension in Lebanon, Hezbollah has denied a request from the United Nations tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri to interview its members....
Meanwhile, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's expected tour of south Lebanon during his official visit to the Mediterranean country later this month has been termed a "provocation" by the largest bloc in Lebanon's parliament.
"This visit is saying that Beirut is under Iranian influence and that Lebanon is an Iranian base on the Mediterranean," Fares Souaid, coordinator of the March 14 alliance, said...."
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