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Iran welcomes unity in Lebanon

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Iran’s head of the Parliament has said Iran would welcome unity between Hezbollah and al-Mostaqbal party in Lebanon.
Iran’s Parliament speaker Ali Larijiani who was speaking in a university in Beirut in second leg of his tour to regional countries responded to a question about Iran’s role in Lebanese politics; “the issue of presidency in Lebanon is a domestic affair, and foreign countries would only provide help with the process,” said Larijani, emphasizing however that Iran would welcome any attempt to bring about unity in Lebanon, especially recent talks between Hezbollah and al-Mostaqbal Movement.

Larijani offered condolences over the death of Lebanese citizens during an Algerian plane crash; “Iran and Lebanon has had strategic relations and the Islamic Republic of Iran has adopted the same policy on the country, since it is an influential country in the region which managed to resist against Zionist regime during 33-day war and as a result found prestige and importance,’ added the head of the Parliament.

“This is a great advantage for Lebanese to have the lead in resistance and to show to the Islamic world the new approach,” Larijani told reporters, “while Islamic countries were plunged deep into despair, the Lebanese awaken them out of their overwhelming enemy,” which he believed was a great feat of the nation.

“The Islamic world is in a historic turning point with related rewards and dangers as well; during post-World War II era when Islamic countries were divided by hegemonic colonial powers, ruling despots were puppets of their patrons whom did care little for their fellow citizens, effectively cutting any relations with their nations,” Larijani said, illustrating his case with an example of pre-Revolutionary Iran where the Shah was a vassal of the US and Revolution totally changed the political terrain to bring convergence of the people and their rulers.

Larijani kicked his four-day regional tour on Saturday night by hedaing to Damascus where he visited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, PM Wael Nader al-Halqi, FM Walid al-Muallem and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Jihad al-Lahamand. He left Damascus for Beirut on Monday and is scheduled to set off for Iraq in last leg of his tour. The visits come just a couple of weeks after Syrian and Iraqi officials had visits to Tehran to discuss latest developments in the region and ways to solve the issue of terrorism in these countries.

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