Lebanon says it seeks cooperation with Iran based on mutual respect – Middle East Monitor

Lebanon is open to cooperating with Iran within the limits of sovereignty and friendship built on mutual respect, President Joseph Aoun said Wednesday during his talks with a top Iranian security official in Beirut, Anadolu reports.

Aoun told Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, that recent rhetoric from some Iranian officials “has not been helpful” and that friendship between the two countries should be “with all Lebanese,…