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Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab hosted the speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani on 17 February, as Iran expresses readiness to assist Lebanon with its ongoing crisis. The Iranian speaker added that, considering Lebanon has made it all the way past the creation of a new government, Iran is now ready to assume their responsibility ...
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Iran backs any decision taken by Lebanon in talks to secure a ceasefire with Israel, a senior Iranian official said on Friday, signalling Tehran wants to see an end to a conflict ...
Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY. Updated September 20, 2024 at 10:24 AM. ... Lebanon's government and Hezbollah, an Iran-backed group that uses the nation as a base for its militants, both blamed Israel ...
Relations between Iran and Lebanon during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi occurred in two phases: [2] The first phase lasted from the mid-1950s to the 1967 June war [2] and was closely affected by the policies of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, which led the Shah to support the government of Lebanon as well as other anti-Nasser governments in the Middle East; [2] the second ...
Relations between Iran and Lebanon have historical roots that precede the establishment of modern Lebanon. In the 16th century, the Safavid dynasty adopted Shiism as the official religion, deviating from the prevailing Sunni Islam in the region, enlisted Shiite clerics from Jabal Amel, a region in south Lebanon which already had a Shiite community established since the 11th century, to promote ...
Iran's missile strikes and Israel's operations in Lebanon have caused alarm around the world, as Tehran's Middle East proxies -- Hezbollah, Yemen's Houthis and armed groups in Iraq -- launched ...
The first wave of explosions on 17 September targeted pagers, [16] killing at least 12 people, including two Hezbollah members and two children, [15] [17] [18] and wounding more than 2,750, [19] including Iran's ambassador to Lebanon. [20] The second wave on 18 September targeted Icom walkie-talkies, killing at least 30 people and injuring over ...
DOHA (Reuters) -The ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after rebel forces swept into Damascus this weekend, shattered Iran's network of influence in the Middle East but Israel, the United ...