Boroujerdi Says Iran Keen on Lebanon's Stability, Baabda Deadlock is Local Issue
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Chairman of Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi said on Friday that Tehran was keen on Lebanon's stability and stressed it was up to the Lebanese rival factions to resolve the presidential impasse.
“The latest political developments in the region help consolidate stability in Lebanon,” said Boroujerdi following talks with Prime Minister Tammam Salam at the Grand Serail.
“The more ties were consolidated among countries in the region, the more there will be stability,” he said.
Boroujerdi also told reporters that Iran's policy is based on building the best of relations with the region's countries, including Saudi Arabia.
“The Iranian FM recently visited Saudi Arabia to represent Tehran in the funeral of Saudi King Abdullah,” he said.
He made similar remarks following talks with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh.
Ahead of his meeting with Salam, the Iranian official met with Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil at Bustros Palace.
“Tehran gives particular importance to all that leads to the consolidation of security and stability not just in Lebanon but in the entire region,” he said.
Boroujerdi hoped that his visit to Beirut would lead to the improvement of bilateral ties in all fields.
Asked whether he discussed with Bassil the presidential deadlock, the lawmaker said: “This is a Lebanese issue but we hope for a quick solution.”
Baabda Palace has been vacant since President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ended in May.
Boroujerdi was also asked about Israeli accusations that Tehran stood behind Hizbullah's deadly attack on an Israeli military convoy on Wednesday.
“Hizbullah is a major component of the political society in Lebanon and has MPs and ministers in the Lebanese government,” he said.
“Like the rest of our ties with all of the Lebanese society's factions, we have close and strong relations with Hizbullah,” the Iranian official added.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday blamed Iran for the deadly flare-up along the Lebanese border, which was the deadliest escalation on the disputed frontier since the 2006 war between Hizbullah and Israel.
The violence erupted Wednesday when Hizbullah fired anti-tank missiles at an Israeli military convoy, killing two soldiers and wounding seven.
The Jewish State responded with shelling. A Spanish peacekeeper with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was killed in the exchange.
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30 January 2015, 13:25
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Ice-man, why did you stop posting with your original account?
30 January 2015, 13:45
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like I told your other alias the_roar; focus on the article, stop harassing norma.jean, and on the unlikely chance post something of value.
30 January 2015, 14:08
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Naharnet will probaly have me banned now, but guess what. I don't give a damn. Then all you M14'ers can discuss among yourself, without any readers paying attention to the comments.
Your call Naharnet mods.
30 January 2015, 14:21
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"Jannah, Firdous and I speak for the majority of Lebanese and refugees of all nationalities"
hahahahahah can't stop laughing at that.
30 January 2015, 14:25
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shoukran iran! while the others are still putting the 74th "final touches" to the pile-o-junk saudi deal and taping each other's backs celebrating their uselessness and asking lebanon to swear loyalty to saudi's oily sheikhs, iran simply gives us the best weapons they have, without publicity, delay or terbih jmileh.
thanks to iran we have actual weapons to defend this country, much more efficient than m14's load of hot air.
30 January 2015, 14:55
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Yes we thank Iran, we the real people living in Lebanon. Not the westerners living abroad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mocsTnn_jnM
30 January 2015, 15:06
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Mystic... is that a martyred Khomeini Jihadist family in your avatar?
30 January 2015, 16:29
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Tehran gives particular importance to all that leads to the consolidation of security and stability not just in Lebanon but in the entire region,” he said.
What he did not say is that the security is consolidated under the auspices of the Mullahs of Iran. They already secured Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and recently Yemen. They are on their way to further expand their welayat elfaqhih. But they will eventually fail because Fanatics, extremists, Dictators and violent regimes can not exist and prosper for long.
30 January 2015, 15:30
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flamethrower I read the comments section occasionally. I wonder why you even bother to post. You are simply a gossip bored person.
30 January 2015, 19:22
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Iran is no better than Israel, both occupy foreign lands and bend their will onto the locals, both are equally as arrogant and manipulative and neither have any collective regard for the locals of the land. ALl they care about is their agenda and will step over anyone to achieve it, shame on both of you.
