●Nasrallah: Hariri's resignation is a Saudi decision and he is being held

On 5 November 2017, the day after Hariri announced his resignation from Riyadh, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the resignation was "a Saudi decision dictated to Hariri" and that he was "detained" and barred from returning, calling for calm and refusing to receive the resignation; he was the first to put forward the detention account, which President Aoun then adopted.