BEIRUT: Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, affirmed on Wednesday Tehran’s support for the Lebanese government and its decisions, emphasizing that his statement “expresses the official Iranian position toward Lebanon.” However, he pointed out that “the US is the one that came up with a proposal paper for powerful and independent countries in the region, which do not need to take orders from across the oceans.” His statements came during his visit to Beirut after diplomatic tensions were stirred by statements by Iranian officials in which they declared their

Iranian state television said Ali Larijani signed a ‘joint security memorandum of understanding’ with his Iraqi counterpart Qassem al-Araji.

BEIRUT: Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, affirmed on Wednesday Tehran’s support for the Lebanese government and its decisions, emphasizing…