Iran FM visit not expected to lead to presidential breakthrough

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian’s visit to Lebanon is not expected to lead to “any positive development that might persuade Hezbollah to give up (Suleiman) Franjieh’s nomination” in the next two months, political sources informed on the visit said.

Following their recent reconciliation agreement, Iran and Saudi Arabia will seek to “end the Yemeni war, lay out the basic foundations for resolving the Iraqi file and restore the Arab-Syrian relations,” the sources told the al-Anbaa news portal of the Progressive Socialist Party.

“Lebanon’s turn will come in the last phase of the agreement,” the sources added.