Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has suggested that Lebanese officials boycott a visit to the country by Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, in protest at the latest flurry of Iranian statements about the thorny issue of Hezbollah’s disarmament, al-Akhbar newspaper said.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said that the resignation of the ministers of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement is out of the question, noting that “the sensitivity of the extraordinary situations that Lebanon is going through requires all parties to show the highest levels of responsibility and prudence.”

Speaker Nabih Berri has placed himself in a central position between the government and Hezbollah in a calculated attempt to address the concerns of the two sides, sources close to Berri said.

Hezbollah and the Amal Movement “are still showing restraint and stressing their keenness on not being dragged into a domestic problem that the U.S. and KSA are seeking and pushing for,” the pro-Hezbollah daily al-Akhbar reported on Monday.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday said the Lebanese government should “seriously think of calling for Arab League and Gulf Cooperation Council urgent sessions to discuss the issue of the Iranian threat to Lebanon,” in the wake of a flurry of stances by Iranian officials over the issue of Hezbollah’s disarmament.

The deputy head of Hezbollah’s political council, Mahmoud Qmati, said Monday that “the Lebanese government will not be able to remove Hezbollah’s arms.”

Hezbollah supporters have attacked Finance Minister Yassine Jaber of the Amal Movement on social media for saying the monopoly of arms in the hand of the state is one of the current priorities.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has noted that what is currently happening in Lebanon is due to Israel’s war on Hezbollah last year.

The head of Iran's top security body, Ali Larijani, will visit Iraq on Monday before heading to Lebanon, where the government has approved a plan to disarm Tehran's ally Hezbollah, Iranian state media said.

"Ali Larijani departs today (Monday) for Iraq and then Lebanon on a three-day visit, his first foreign trip since taking office last week," state television reported

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday toured several majority-Christian border towns in south Lebanon, where he called for peace rather than war.