Iran to Help Lebanon in Beirut Embassy Bombing Probe

Tehran is due to cooperate with Lebanon in its investigation into the November twin bomb blasts in front of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Farsnews reported.Abdolali Mirkoohi-Charbel

“We have reached an agreement with the Lebanese side for bilateral cooperation on uncovering the details of the incident,” Iranian Deputy Justice Minister Abdolali Mirkoohi told reporters in Beirut on Thursday after meeting with Lebanese caretaker Minister of Interior and Municipalities Marvan Charbel.

Earlier this month, Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Gazanfar Roknabadi and Lebanese Justice Minister Shakib Qortabawi in a meeting in Beirut discussed the recent terrorist bombings in front of Tehran’s embassy in Beirut.

The Lebanese justice minister, for his part, welcomed Iran’s proposal to send a team to help Beirut with the investigations into the embassy attacks, and said, “Mutual cooperation to confront terrorism is seen as a positive move in all countries and the terrorist act in front of the Iranian embassy in Beirut was actually an attack on the soil of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”