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Joumblatt receives Iranian ambassador

Joumblatt receives Iranian ambassador

Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Joumblatt (right) speaks with Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Mojtaba Amani (left), at his home in Clemenceau, Nov. 7, 2022. (Credit: NNA)

BEIRUT — Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt met on Monday with Iranian Ambassador Mojtaba Amani at his home in Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported.

No information has yet been released about the content of their discussion. At the end of October, the head of the Maronite Church Bechara al-Rai also received Amani at the church's headquarters in Bkirki. 

On Sunday, Joumblatt told the press after a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that they had agreed not to name a candidate to "challenge" any party in the Lebanese presidential elections.

BEIRUT — Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt met on Monday with Iranian Ambassador Mojtaba Amani at his home in Beirut, the state-run National News Agency reported.

No information has yet been released about the content of their discussion. At the end of October, the head of the Maronite Church Bechara al-Rai also received Amani at the church's headquarters in Bkirki. 

On Sunday, Joumblatt told the press after a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that they had agreed not to name a candidate to "challenge" any party in the Lebanese presidential elections.