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Iranian Foreign Minister Lands in Beirut

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (Reuters)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (Reuters)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Lands in Beirut

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (Reuters)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi. (Reuters)

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi landed in Beirut on Friday, according to Lebanese state media. A Reuters live broadcast showed an Iranian-flagged plane landing at Beirut airport, just hours after air strikes hit outside the airport perimeter overnight.
Araqchi is set to meet Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and speaker of parliament Nabih Berri, who is a close ally of Iran-backed Hezbollah, according to his schedule.

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Hezbollah Refutes Claims that Nasrallah Was Buried 'in a Secret Location’

A man points to a television set displaying an image of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with a black stripe for mourning during a broadcast from the private Lebanese station NBN in Beirut on September 28, 2024. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
A man points to a television set displaying an image of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with a black stripe for mourning during a broadcast from the private Lebanese station NBN in Beirut on September 28, 2024. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
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Hezbollah Refutes Claims that Nasrallah Was Buried 'in a Secret Location’

A man points to a television set displaying an image of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with a black stripe for mourning during a broadcast from the private Lebanese station NBN in Beirut on September 28, 2024. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
A man points to a television set displaying an image of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with a black stripe for mourning during a broadcast from the private Lebanese station NBN in Beirut on September 28, 2024. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah group denied reports on Friday that the party’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was temporarily buried in a secret place.
In a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat on condition of anonymity, a Hezbollah source described as “rumors” the allegations that the party's Secretary-General was “temporarily buried” due to the difficulty of holding a public funeral because of "Israeli threats”. 
The source confirmed that no decision has yet been made regarding the date and location of the burial.
Earlier, the Agence France Presse quoted what it said was a “Hezbollah” source as saying that Nasrallah has been temporarily buried in a secret location fearing Israel would target a large funeral.
It said the move was taken until the circumstances allowed for a public funeral.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a southern suburb of Beirut last week.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the killing of Nasrallah was a “historic turning point”.
On 23 September 2024, Israel began a series of airstrikes in Lebanon as part of the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict. Since then, Israel's attacks have killed over 800 people, injured more than 5,000, and displaced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians.
The attacks are the deadliest in Lebanon since the end of the Lebanese Civil War.