Majority leader of Lebanese Parliament Saad Hariri blasted Iran and Syria on Thursday for interfering in Lebanese politics and urged a massive turnout for a rally on the third anniversary of his father’s assassination and said: “We are faced with the political and terrorist presence in Lebanon of the Syrian and Iranian regimes, but we will not sit by and watch,” news agencies reported from Beirut.
“On February 14, we will all go down to Martyr’s Square to say in one voice that the Lebanese are united, that they reject terrorism and that all attempts to intimidate us won’t succeed,” Hariri said in a fiery speech to a packed audience of party members and supporters.

In his speech Hariri also said: “On February 14 we will converge on Martyr’s Square from all corners of the country to speak out loud in one voice that we want a president… to say that the road to the presidency cuts through Beirut and the parliament building, not through Damascus, Tehran or any other capital.” he added: “If confrontation is our destiny, then we stand ready.”