BEIRUT, Lebanon - Parliament's majority leader Saad Hariri said Thursday he has informed Iran that it is playing a "dangerous role" in "splitting" Lebanon's Sunni and Shiite Muslims. "Iran is playing a dangerous role in this regard and I've sent them a letter through their ambassador, informing them" of that, Hariri said in an interview with Algerian TV.

"Lebanon is the country of coexistence. There is no difference between Lebanese Muslims and Christians," he said.

"We have taken a decision not to join any axis.... we don't want to be in the Iranian-Syrian axis. We want to be in the moderate Lebanese-Arab axis," Hariri added.

He denied that other parties are taking part in a Hizbullah-led open-ended sit-in in downtown Beirut aimed at toppling Premier Fouad Saniora's government.

"They say that other forces are participating with Hizbullah in it (sit-in) but that is not true. The Hizbullah leadership took this decision based on instructions from Iran," he said.

Hariri also blamed Syria for the current crisis gripping Lebanon.

"After the end of the Israeli offensive on Lebanon, (Syrian President) Bashar Assad clearly said that the March 14 coalition is an Israeli product and should be toppled," Hariri said.

Israel launched its offensive on Lebanon after Hizbullah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers in a deadly cross border raid on July 12. The war came to an end on August 14.

The March 14 coalition of anti-Syrian politicians who back the government are accusing Hizbullah and its allies of trying to stage a coup d'etat against Saniora and attempting to obstruct the formation of an international tribunal that would try ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's suspected assassins.

"We insist on the international tribunal because in the past 30 years Lebanon was subjected to a series of assassinations," he said.

Syria was Lebanon's power broker for almost 30 years until its withdrawal under local and international pressure after Hariri's assassination in February 2005.

The slain prime minister's son also renewed calls for the return to dialogue to solve the crisis. -Agencies