Iran rejects reports on searching diplomat's bag at Lebanese airport

A diplomat at the Iranian Embassy in Lebanon rejected rumors about inspecting an Iranian diplomat's bag at Lebanese Rafiq Hariri Airport.

News ID: 5693

Date: 04 January 2025 - 03:15

TABNAK, Jan 04: The diplomat could leave the airport without any problems after the issue had been pursued by Iranian embassy in Beirut and Lebanese Foreign Ministry, Behnam Khosravi said.

According to Al-Manar TV, security forces at Rafiq Hariri Airport conducted an unconventional search of the luggage belonging to passengers on an Iranian plane.

The report stated that passengers on one of the flights from Tehran to Beirut were subjected to a strict and rigorous search, with airport officials opened the passengers' luggage.

This unconventional action caused delays of several hours and protests from the passengers.

Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities Bassam Mawlawi, in an interview with MTV announced that the Iranian plane was searched at Beirut airport and security forces are enforcing the law.

According to the report, the inspections began a few weeks ago and were supervised by American officers. The unusual and unusual search of the passengers on Iranian Mahan plane was carried out after some news sources claimed that Iran intended to transfer money from Tehran to Beirut via a Mahan Air flight.

Howeverm according to Behnam Khosravi, a diplomat at the Iranian Embassy in Lebanon, “Contrary to rumors published in the media, based on international rules and diplomatic rules, the Iranian diplomat’s bag was not searched and he left the airport without any problems after the issue was pursued by the Iranian Embassy and the Lebanese Foreign Ministry.”

“The incident last night occurred due to pressure from the US and the Zionist regime on Lebanon, and an Arab network falsely claimed that the Iranian government was transferring money via a passenger flight.”

After inspections of the passengers' luggage, it was clear that the claims made by the American-Zionist media has been false.