ALBAWABA - Lebanon withdrew the Iranian envoy's accreditation on March 24 and gave him until March 29 to leave Beirut, the foreign ministry announced in a statement. However, Ambassador Mohammad Reza Sheibani ignored the order.
Ambassador Mohammad Reza Sheibani was declared persona non grata by the Lebanese government and was given days to depart Beirut. The decision was made along with the recent escalation in the Middle East.
Was the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon killed in an Israeli airstrike?
During the past few hours, a video was shared of an Israeli airstrike on Jnah, Beirut, along with claims that the Israeli army killed the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mohammad Reza Sheibani.
A clip shared on X with the caption, "Unconfirmed reports suggest the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, you remember the one that refused to leave, was killed in an overnight airstrike on Beirut. Lebanon tried to expel him, but Iran refused to accede to their demands."
Another activist wrote, "Unconfirmed reports suggest that the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, who refused to leave, was killed in an overnight airstrike in Jnah, Beirut."
However, there's no official statement by Iran or Lebanon regarding the claims that the Iranian ambassador to Beirut, Mohammad Reza Sheibani, was killed in a strike on the Jnah area.
On Tuesday night, Israel carried out strikes in Beirut's southern suburbs and on Khalde, just south of Beirut, killing at least seven people and injuring over 20 others.
Since Hezbollah joined the war alongside Tehran following the assassination of Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei in an Israel-US attack, Israel launched attacks targeting Beirut's southern suburb and the Lebanese group's positions.
