Iran's Foreign Minister, Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Discuss Regional Developments in Phone Call
Abbas Araghchi and Nabih Berri exchanged views on regional tensions and what Tehran's state news agency described as escalating Israeli aggression against Lebanon.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri held a telephone conversation to discuss the latest developments in the region, according to a report by Iran's official news agency, IRNA.
The two officials exchanged views on regional issues, IRNA reported, including what the agency characterized as escalating Israeli aggression against Lebanon.
IRNA did not provide additional details on the specific content of the discussion or any outcomes from the call.
The report did not specify the exact date of the conversation or elaborate further on the nature of the regional developments discussed by the two sides.
Neither the Iranian foreign ministry nor the office of the Lebanese parliament speaker has issued a separate statement on the call as of this report.
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