Iran says ambassador to Lebanon to remain despite expulsion order
Iran on Monday said its ambassador to Lebanon would remain in the country despite being declared a persona non grata and ordered to leave.
"Our ambassador ... will continue his work as Iran's ambassador in Beirut and remains present there," said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei in a weekly press briefing, adding that the embassy in Beirut remains "operational".
30 March 2026, 14:21
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God bless the Islamic Republic of Iran for insisting on helping Lebanon and refusing to remove its Ambassador from Lebanon. Our motherland Iran knows what is best for Lebanon unlike those stray voices within Lebanon who have no clue what loyalty and liberation actually mean. The Iranian Ambassador is welcome in every Lebanese home be it Christian or Muslim.
30 March 2026, 14:26
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Now let us see exactly what the Government of the Republic does. Firstly it needs to remove his diplomatic immunity and inform the embassy that no representative of it or the Iranian government will in future be received in any office of the government.
