Iranian Officials Meet Lebanon’s President in Beirut
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The parliament speaker and the foreign minister of Iran had a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in Beirut on Sunday.
Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi have traveled to Beirut to take part in the funeral of the late leaders of Hezbollah, Seyed Hassan Nasrallah and Seyed Hashem Safieddine.
The two Iranian officials held a meeting with Lebanese President Aoun and Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji at Baabda Palace, the official residence of the president of Lebanon, on Sunday morning.
Lebanon is holding the funeral of former Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was martyred in an Israeli air strike.
The event is held at the Camille Chamoun sports stadium on the outskirts of Beirut.
He will then be buried at a dedicated site nearby.
Nasrallah was martyred on September 27 in an Israeli air strike as he met commanders in a bunker in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
The funeral also honors Hashem Safieddine, who led Hezbollah for one week after Nasrallah’s death before he was also martyred in an Israeli attack.
He will be buried separately in the south on Monday.
