Iran-Lebanon Relations

Iran says it has released Lebanese-American prisoner Nizar Zakka at the request of Lebanese President Michel Aoun and the mediation of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

An informed source has confirmed the Lebanese-American national Nizar Zakka, who has been jailed in Iran since 2015, will be released and handed over to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah in coming hours.

Iran's Judiciary announced on Sunday Lebanese-American prisoner Nizar Zakka has not been released yet, rejecting earlier media reports that he has been pardoned at the request of Lebanese leaders.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted prison terms of 691 convicts found guilty by various Iranian courts.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has offered condolences to the Secretary General of Lebanon's Hezbollah Resistance Movement over his sister's death.

The secretary general of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has warned that a war against Iran would not stop at the Islamic Republic's borders, and its flames will engulf the entire Middle East region.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has congratulated Lebanon on the anniversary of the victorious liberation of southern Lebanon from the occupying forces of the Zionist regime by the resistance youths.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has strongly denounced separate terrorist attacks in the Pakistani city of Lahore and the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the “provocative, meddlesome, and undiplomatic” comments made by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Lebanon are indicative of Washington’s excessive outrage over the Lebanese nation’s unity and solidarity.

The top commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says all parts of the Palestinian territories occupied by the Zionist regime of Israel are within the range of the missiles of Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah.

Iran has strongly condemned the United Kingdom for listing Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement as a terrorist organization.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is in Germany to attend the 55th Munich Security Conference, has held meetings with a number of world diplomats and his counterparts.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on a two-day visit to Lebanon, met with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace on Monday.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reiterated its resolve to support Lebanon saying that the Islamic Republic will stand by the Arab country and is ready to expand its ties with Beirut.

Iran’s top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif is to visit Lebanon on Sunday, says Iran’s Ambassador to Lebanon.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has welcomed the formation of the new Lebanese government, expressing hope it will strengthen friendship among Lebanese parties and prepare the ground for further development of the Arab country.

Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran’s resistance has foiled plots hatched by the world arrogance against the region, and that was manifested in the US defeats in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed media reports about sending arms components to Lebanon to manufacture weapons.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jazad Zarif has congratulated Lebanon on the 12th anniversary of the Arab country’s victory in a war waged by the Israeli regime in 2006.

Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri says all countries in the Middle East must help resolve the ongoing crisis in Yemen as it would finally result in better relations among all regional states.

Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior assistant to Iran’s foreign minister, has delivered a message from President Hassan Rouhani to his Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun in Beirut.

Iran has reiterated its call on the UN, the International Committee of the Red Cross, and other human rights bodies to find the four Iranian diplomats abducted by the Israeli regime 36 years ago.

Iranian Foreign Ministry has released the names of new representatives and ambassadors appointed to ten countries and international bodies across the world.

The commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has hailed the victory of Hezbollah movement in Lebanon’s elections saying that Saudis spent about 200 million dollars, but they failed to achieve their goals.

IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani says the victory of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah in the recent parliamentary votes turned it into a Resistance Government.