{"id":26514,"date":"2021-10-07T07:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T07:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=26514"},"modified":"2021-10-07T07:46:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T07:46:22","slug":"amir-abdollahian-in-beirut-iran-strongly-backs-lebanese-army-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/amir-abdollahian-in-beirut-iran-strongly-backs-lebanese-army-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Amir Abdollahian in Beirut: Iran Strongly Backs Lebanese Army, Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian confirmed that \u201cfriendly and deep\u201d relations with Lebanon.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>He further vowed that the Islamic Republic will continue to strongly support the Lebanese people, army, and resistance movement.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cThe Islamic Republic of Iran will powerfully stand by its allies in the region and we will continue our support for the Lebanese independence, security and sovereignty,\u201d Amir Abdollahian stated upon his arrival in Beirut on Thursday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Amir Abdollahian pointed to a social media campaign launched ahead of his visit in appreciation of Iran\u2019s assistance to Lebanon in breaking the United States\u2019 economic siege, saying Tehran has even \u201cbetter new offers\u201d if the Lebanese officials make a request.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>He further underscored that Tehran also stood ready to \u201ccontinue on the previous path,\u201d referring to recent energy sales to Lebanon, as long as Beirut kept up the demand, and also lend a helping hand to the Arab nation in other fields.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cThis trip is indicative of deep and friendly ties between the two countries, and we support Lebanon\u2019s army, people, and resistance with a strong voice,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>In parallel, the top Iranian diplomat also extended his congratulations to the Lebanese people on the formation of a new government in the Arab country, following a 13-month-long political stalemate.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Heading a delegation, Amir Abdollahian arrived in Beirut on Thursday on a first visit to the country since his appointment, after wrapping up a trip to Russia. He is scheduled to hold talks with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, parliament speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>He also plans to meet representatives of Palestinian factions and groups at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/joinchat\/TG_C3kK6vkA0NmE0\">https:\/\/t.me\/joinchat\/TG_C3kK6vkA0NmE0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian confirmed that \u201cfriendly and deep\u201d relations with Lebanon. He further vowed that the Islamic Republic will continue to strongly support the Lebanese people, army, and resistance movement. \u201cThe Islamic Republic of Iran will powerfully stand by its allies in the region and we will continue our support for the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":26515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2],"tags":[1478,1480,1481,1512,1509,1514,1513,1511,1515,1531,1487],"class_list":{"0":"post-26514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"","7":"category-culture","8":"category-news-and-analysis","9":"tag-islam_is_our_symbol","10":"tag-stay_at_home_to_be_safe","11":"tag-the_zionist_mice-army","12":"tag-__","14":"tag-___","15":"tag-_","19":"tag----_"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26514"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26518,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26514\/revisions\/26518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}