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At Least 135 Dead, More Than 5,000 Injured in Beirut Explosion 06 Aug 2020

At Least 135 Dead, More Than 5,000 Injured in Beirut Explosion

At least 135 people were killed and 5,000  injured in a massive explosion that shook Beirut on Tuesday, according to Lebanon's health minister.

Health Minister: Beirut Explosion Left Many Injured, Large Damages 05 Aug 2020

Health Minister: Beirut Explosion Left Many Injured, Large Damages

Lebanon’s Health Minister Hamad Hasan said an explosion in central Beirut on Tuesday had caused a “very high number of injuries” and extensive damage.

Lebanon Summons US Ambassador 28 Jun 2020

Lebanon Summons US Ambassador

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the US ambassador to Lebanon to protest against his interference in the country's internal affairs.

Beirut Roads Opened Peacefully 05 Nov 2019

Beirut Roads Opened Peacefully

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Lebanese troops are deploying in different parts of the country to reopen roads and main thoroughfares closed by anti-government protesters. In many areas, protesters withdrew peacefully as the troops moved in. But in Beirut’s northern suburb of Zouk Mosbeh, a scuffle erupted on Tuesday when some demonstrators refused to move away. […]

Protesters block roads in Beirut, Lebanon 05 Nov 2019

Protesters block roads in Beirut, Lebanon

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Protesters blocked roads in Beirut and other parts of Lebanon on Monday, pressing a wave of anti-government demonstrations that have plunged the country into political turmoil at a time of economic crisis. The nationwide protests, which were ignited on Oct. 17 by a government proposal to tax WhatsApp calls, led Saad […]

Iran slams Israeli aggression against Lebanon as breach of intl. security 02 Sep 2019

Iran slams Israeli aggression against Lebanon as breach of intl. security

Iran has severely rebuked the Israeli regime’s recent strike on Beirut’s Dahieh region as a clear breach of Lebanon’s integrity, saying such measures are against the international law.

Israeli aggression on Syria, Lebanon will not go unanswered: Nasrallah 26 Aug 2019

Israeli aggression on Syria, Lebanon will not go unanswered: Nasrallah

The Secretary of Lebanese Hezbollah movement Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has reacted to the recent Israeli aggression on the resistance movement's positions in Syria and Lebanon, saying that the Israeli attacks will not go unanswered.

Hezbollah chief rejects Israel’s arms-smuggling claims 28 Jul 2019

Hezbollah chief rejects Israel’s arms-smuggling claims

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hasan Nasrallah has categorically dismissed an Israeli official’s recent claim that the Lebanese group is smuggling weapons through Beirut Port.

Tehran, Beirut eye strengthening academic ties 21 May 2018

Tehran, Beirut eye strengthening academic ties

 Iranian and Lebanese officials held a meeting in Beirut, discussing ways to boost bilateral cooperation on academic issues. Mohsen Rahimi, the representative of Health Ministry in educational affairs, held a meeting with the Lebanese University president Fouad Ayoub with Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad FathAli in attendance. Given the great cultural interactions between the two […]

Iran’s Velayati Rejects Hariri’s Claims about Recent Meeting in Beirut 14 Nov 2017

Iran’s Velayati Rejects Hariri’s Claims about Recent Meeting in Beirut

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, an international adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution, dismissed as false claims made by Lebanon’s resigned prime minister Saad al-Hariri about their recent meeting in the Arab country. Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Tuesday, Velayati pointed to his meeting with Hariri in Beirut one day before his shock […]