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Amirabdollahian in Beirut, Says Iran Ready to Build 2 Power Plants

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, center, arrives to meet with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bouhabib in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, center, arrives to meet with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bouhabib in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP)
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Amirabdollahian in Beirut, Says Iran Ready to Build 2 Power Plants

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, center, arrives to meet with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bouhabib in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, center, arrives to meet with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bouhabib in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP)

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian expressed on Thursday his country’s readiness to contribute in building two power plants in Lebanon, each with a capacity of 1,000 megawatts.

The minister said he had discussed the offer during his meeting with Prime Minister Najib Mikati on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference last month.

He made his comments upon his arrival at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport from Damascus. He will meet with Lebanese officials on his two-day visit.

The FM said his visit stems from the "strong and constructive relations" enjoyed between Lebanon and Iran.

He added that Tehran was ready to cooperate with Beirut in various fields, especially in helping build the two power plants.

He remarked that his visit is taking place amid "significant and critical" political regional and international developments, which he will address during his meetings.

He is set to meet with parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Mikati and other officials.

Iran is always ready to build bridges of cooperation with Lebanon in various fields, especially the economic, trade, and development sectors, he remarked.

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Anti-war Demonstrators Protest the Arrival of an Israeli Cruise Ship on the Greek Island of Crete

Pro-Palestinians protesters gather during the departure of a ship carrying Israeli tourists, background, in Agios Nikolaos port, on the island of Crete, Greece, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Antonis Zouridakis/Eurokinissi via AP)
Pro-Palestinians protesters gather during the departure of a ship carrying Israeli tourists, background, in Agios Nikolaos port, on the island of Crete, Greece, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Antonis Zouridakis/Eurokinissi via AP)
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Anti-war Demonstrators Protest the Arrival of an Israeli Cruise Ship on the Greek Island of Crete

Pro-Palestinians protesters gather during the departure of a ship carrying Israeli tourists, background, in Agios Nikolaos port, on the island of Crete, Greece, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Antonis Zouridakis/Eurokinissi via AP)
Pro-Palestinians protesters gather during the departure of a ship carrying Israeli tourists, background, in Agios Nikolaos port, on the island of Crete, Greece, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Antonis Zouridakis/Eurokinissi via AP)

Demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Gaza protested the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship on another Greek island Tuesday – the third such protest on Greek islands in the last week.

Protesters on the southern Greek island of Crete unfurled a huge Palestinian flag at the port of Agios Nikolaos and shouted “Free, free Palestine” as the tourists on board the Crown Iris disembarked and left on buses for their tours of the island, according to images shown on local media outlets.

Riot police kept the crowd away from the pier where the cruise ship was docked, while scuffles broke out between demonstrators and police. Local media reported that officers used pepper spray at one point to keep the crowd back.

Four people were detained, local media said. Video showed police leading one man away, his arms cuffed behind his back, as he shouted “Free, free Palestine.”

Similar scenes unfolded the previous day when the Crown Iris docked in a port on the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, where clashes broke out between riot police and demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Gaza. There also, the cruise ship’s passengers disembarked for tours of the island, and no violence was reported.

Anti-war protesters on Greece’s Cycladic island of Syros were the first to hold a demonstration against the docking of the Crown Iris, on July 22. The crowd of about 150 people chanted slogans and carried banners that read “Stop the Genocide” and “No a/c in hell” — a reference to the conditions Palestinians face in the Gaza Strip.

On that occasion, the ship’s roughly 1,700 passengers didn't disembark and the ship left the island earlier than planned, with the company operating the trip, Israel’s Mano Cruise, saying it had “decided in light of the situation in the city of Syros to now sail to another tourist destination.”

Last week's incident had triggered a phone call by Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar to Greek counterpart George Gerapetritis.

Greece is a popular tourist destination for Israelis on package tours and traveling independently, particularly in the summer months, and there are several flights per day between Tel Aviv and Athens, as well as from Israeli airports directly to Greek islands.