Friday, 3 September 2021 (YJC)_ Iranian Ambassador to Beirut announced that, in the coming days, the Iranian ship that has been loaded with fuel will reach its destination in Lebanon.
While referring to the dispatch of Iran's fuel tanker to Lebanon, Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Mohammad Jalal Firouznia announced that, in the coming days, ship will reach its destination.
“Sending the fuel is in the framework of brotherly relations between the two countries and trade law,” he said while adding that “We stand by the regional countries against the policy of starving nations.”
He went on to call the shipment an instance of natural and normal interaction between countries and highlighted “There is no reason for interference for any party, whether America or others.”
Since late 2019, a deep financial crisis came to Lebanon that has caused the Lebanese pound to lose around 90 percent of its value to the dollar. The role of the US in this crisis in significant as it took the country under oppressive sanctions so it can impose its political preferences on it.