UK’s foreign minister accuses Iran of dragging Lebanon into conflict

British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper accused Iran of drawing Lebanon into the widening regional war and urged Hezbollah to halt its attacks on Israel.

Cooper said the actions of the Iran-backed group were pulling Lebanon into a conflict “they do not want and which is not in their interests,” adding that Hezbollah’s operations were carried out “at the instigation of the Iranian regime.”

She also announced that the UK would provide more than £5 million in emergency funding to support humanitarian work by the Lebanese government.