Iran Lauds Nasrallah's Influential Role in Resolving Crisis in Lebanon

Rasa - Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi praised the important role played by Hezbollah Chief Seyed Hassan Nasrallah in resolving the political crisis in Lebanon.

News ID: 435063

Date: 01 December 2017 - 21:04

RNA - Salehi said Nasrallah's prudence and patience helped return of the country's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri who resigned recently under Saudi Arabia's pressure.

"Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, with prudence and patience, brought back Saad Hariri from Saudi Arabia to Lebanon and defused the crisis," Salehi said.

"If courage is accompanied by wisdom it will be everlasting," he added.

Hariri announced his resignation from premiership on Nov 4 from Riyadh in an unexpected move, but the Lebanese President Michel Aoun didn’t accept his resignation and urged him to return to Lebanon to detail on it.

Hariri left Riyadh for Paris last Saturday.

Most Lebanese, including the president, believe that Hariri and his family were in custody in Saudi Arabia and he has been coerced to resign. Some high-ranking authorities, like German ones, and international media believe the same thing.

With French President Emmanuel Macron and Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian’s mediation and international pressure, the Saudis allowed Hariri and his wife to leave Riyadh for Paris.

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