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Iran ready to build 2 power plants in Lebanon : FM

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FILE PHOTO : Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian shown during a meeting with Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah . Hezbollah has been importing fuel from iran to Syria in ships and from there to Lebanon by trucks . Nasrallah wants Iran to also explore for oil and gas in offshore Lebanon

Tehran also willing to help rebuild Beirut port if request is made: Amir-Abdollahian

Beirut: Iran is ready to build two power plants in Lebanon, one in Beirut and the other in the south of the country, in a period of 18 months, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said after meeting Lebanese officials on Thursday.

He also told a news conference in Beirut that Iran is willing to help rebuild the port of Beirut, destroyed by a massive blast in August 2020, if the Lebanese government makes such a request.

The explosion devastated swathes of the Lebanese capital and left more than 218 people dead.

Meanwhile, Jordan hopes to start supplying Lebanon with electricity by the end of the year, Sky News Arabia reported, citing an interview with the kingdom’s energy minister, Hala Zawati.

She said Lebanon is seeking financing from the World Bank for this project, Sky reported.

A protester in Beirut is holding the Lebanese flag that reads Iran out on top and 1559 in bottom , 1559 is the 2004 UN resolution that calls for disarming Hezbollah militia and for the end of Syria;’s occupation of Lebanon. Syria has since withdrew its forces but Hezbollah not only kept its arms it used its arms to destabilize the country. Now the majority of the Lebanese consider Iran as the occupier of Lebanon through Hezbollah

Under an agreement announced last month, Egypt will supply natural gas to Lebanon via a pipeline that passes through Jordan and Syria to help boost Lebanon’s electricity output. The deal is part of a US-backed plan to alleviate Lebanon’s power shortages.

One analyst commented on Abdollahian’s offer to build 2 power plants and rebuild the port by saying:

” The only reason we don’t have electricity in Lebanon is because Hezbollah and its ally the Amal movement instructed their Shiite supporters not to pay their electric bills and made life miserable for bill collectors and few were even killed . As a result of this Lebanon had to subsidize the electric utility company in billions of dollars and after the financial collapse Lebanon couldn’t even afford the fuel to run the power plants .

The analyst added: “As with regards to the port , the whole world knows that Hezbollah confiscated the ammonium nitrate that cause the explosion . The chemical was stored for use by the Syrian regime in its barrel bombs”

He aded : My advise to Iran is stop destroying what we have and leave us alone we don’t need you

With Agencies

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