Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's special envoy Morteza Sarmadi arrived in Beirut early Wednesday for talks on bilateral relations and to brief Lebanese officials on the outcome of a recent nuclear deal cut between Tehran and the West.
A source at Beirut airport said Sarmadi arrived at dawn, coming from Istanbul. Lebanon is the fifth leg of his tour of regional countries.
Iran’s official news agency IRNA said Sarmadi is scheduled to hold talks with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil on the ways of expanding mutual relations, regional and global developments, Yemen, and Syria in particular.
Local newspaper An-Nahar said Sarmadi will likely meet Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah.
A political source said Sarmadi – who has visited Oman, Iraq, Tunisia and Algeria – would begin his day by visiting the grave of Imad Moughnieh, the Hezbollah military commander who was killed in a 2008 car bomb in Damascus, Syria.
