Iranian Lawmakers Meet Nasrallah in Beirut


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A team of Iranian parliamentarians held talks with the secretary general of Hezbollah resistance movement in the Lebanese capital.

In the Saturday meeting in Beirut, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and members of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament discussed the latest regional developments, including the status quo in Lebanon and across the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Iranian team was led by the commission chairman Vahid Jalalzadeh, Press TV reported.

The meeting was held as the Israeli forces launch raids on various cities of the West Bank on an almost daily basis under the pretext of detaining what it calls “wanted” Palestinians. The raids usually lead to violent confrontations with residents.

Over the past months, the Israeli regime has ramped up attacks on Palestinian towns and cities throughout the occupied territories. As a result of these attacks, dozens of Palestinians have lost their lives and many others have been arrested.

More than 200 Palestinians have been killed this year in the occupied Palestinian territories and the besieged Gaza Strip. The majority of these fatalities have been recorded in the West Bank.

The two sides in the Beirut meeting also exchanged viewpoints on the circumstances in Lebanon as well as enhancement of relations of bilateral cooperation.

Nasrallah is expected to deliver a speech on Monday evening, on the occasion of Hezbollah's victory in the 33-day Israeli military onslaught on Lebanon in the summer of 2006.