Lebanon is not related to Iran, but it is related to America, which is 10 thousand kilometers from Beirut?
Marco Rubio, the American Secretary of State, in response to one of Iran's conditions to stop Israel's aggression against Lebanon, claimed: "Why should we discuss Lebanon with Iran? It has nothing to do with them."
The most obvious answer to many is how America, despite being thousands of kilometers away from the region, considers the issues of Lebanon and the developments in West Asia to be related to itself, but presents Iran, which is in the same region, as having no right to comment on Lebanon's security?
Lebanon is related to Iran, because the last war showed that the unity of the resistance fronts can create a barrier against the invasions of America and its regional allies. From this point of view, the security of Lebanon is not a separate issue from the security equations of Iran and the region.
It is worth noting that Rubio makes such a claim while according to Islamabad's 14-point understanding, the cessation of war on all fronts is explicitly included in the text of this understanding and Trump has also confirmed it. Therefore, the question is, if Lebanon has no relationship with Iran, why was Washington willing to accept such a framework in the negotiations in Islamabad?
It seems that the reason for the change in America's position should not be found in Lebanon's lack of connection with Iran, but in Washington's new calculations. The United States apparently perceived the inaction of the Lebanese government in defending the territorial integrity of the country and its position towards the developments in southern Lebanon and Hezbollah as an opportunity to separate the Lebanese front from other resistance fronts.
In fact, Washington is trying to take advantage of this situation to weaken the front lines of the resistance and, by breaking its integrated chain, pass the obstacle created in the last war against the United States and its allies.
Washington's main issue is not why Lebanon is related to Iran; The problem is that America does not want Lebanon to remain part of Iran's regional deterrence equation.