According to Khabaronline, an Iranian news agency, According to official sources, Youssef Rajji told a lengthy meeting with ambassadors of the European Union Council’s Political and Security Committee (PSC)—which includes representatives of all 27 member states—that Europe should also address what he described as “Iran’s role and that of its allied groups in the region” in its talks with Tehran.
The remarks come as the Islamic Republic of Iran has repeatedly stressed that it does not have “proxy groups” in the region, maintaining that resistance actors operate based on their own national interests and domestic decisions. Tehran has also stated that its missile program is defensive in nature and fundamentally not subject to negotiations with the West.
During the meeting, Rajji also outlined Lebanon’s political, economic, and security situation, describing government efforts to steer the country out of its current, multilayered crisis. He placed particular emphasis on Israel’s continued occupation of five points in southern Lebanon, the persistence of daily military attacks, and the need for the release of Lebanese detainees, calling for increased European pressure on Tel Aviv.
The Lebanese foreign minister further described the government’s decision to “restrict weapons to official state institutions” and to extend state authority across all Lebanese territory through its own forces as a “historic decision”—a position that implicitly touches on Lebanon’s internal debates over the role of armed non-state actors.