INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Various countries rushed to express sympathy and offer help, except the Lebanese government, specifically its Foreign Ministry run by the
supporting Lebanon against Israeli terrorism since the victory of the Islamic Revolution.During the September-November United States -led
Israeli aggression on Lebanon, Iran provided tons of relief aid, including medicine and food, in addition to massive financial donations.For
his part, and in line with his general policy of subordinating Lebanon to United States -Saudi influence, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam decided
to ignore the painful incident, even though Riyadh itself had declared its solidarity with Iran.However, the Iranian ambassador to Beirut,
diplomatically manner, warned about the trap of Youssef Rajain about the trap of Youssef Raja without mentioning Lebanon at all.Iranian
the checkpoint personnel expelled the accompanying Lebanese police forces and abducted the Iranian diplomats.They transferred them to the
headquarters of the Lebanese Forces Party in the Karantina neighborhood of Beirut on the orders of former President Bashir Gemayel, the
former commander of the Lebanese Forces.Reportedly, the four Iranian diplomats were handed over to Israel, based on the testimonies of some
prisoners released from Israeli prisons.The Israeli side has neither denied nor confirmed the presence of the Iranian diplomats, and has
long manipulated the issue as a bargaining chip to uncover the fate of its pilot, Ron Arad, who went missing in Lebanon in 1986.Before the
victory of the Islamic revolution in February 1979, Iran, under the leadership of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was aligned with the
Revolutionary Guard Corps to train and support Lebanese resistance forces to confront the Israeli occupation
This support later paved the way for the establishment of Hezbollah.At the same time, an office for resistance movements was formed in Iran
in cooperation between Iranian, Palestinian, and Lebanese leaders
unconditional support was not linked to regional considerations or interests, as Iran paid a heavy price for this support; the nuclear issue
This, of course, does not fit with the Israeli project espoused by the Lebanese Forces
This article first appeared/also appeared in Tehran Times
