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.



7 Dead, Dozens Injured after Commercial Bus Overturns in Mississippi

A tractor trailer dangles from a bridge on Interstate 75 near Tampa, Fla., early Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (Florida Highway Patrol via AP)
A tractor trailer dangles from a bridge on Interstate 75 near Tampa, Fla., early Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (Florida Highway Patrol via AP)
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7 Dead, Dozens Injured after Commercial Bus Overturns in Mississippi

A tractor trailer dangles from a bridge on Interstate 75 near Tampa, Fla., early Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (Florida Highway Patrol via AP)
A tractor trailer dangles from a bridge on Interstate 75 near Tampa, Fla., early Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (Florida Highway Patrol via AP)

Seven people, including a six-year-old and 16-year-old, were killed when a bus overturned east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, early Saturday, Warren County Coroner Doug Huskey said.
The two young victims were siblings, Reuters quoted the coroner as saying.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol said the incident took place around 12:40 a.m. on Interstate 20 near Bovina in Warren County when a 2018 Volvo commercial passenger bus traveling westbound left the roadway and overturned.
Thirty-seven passengers were transported to different hospitals with unknown injuries, the agency said. It said the co-driver was not transported.
"Anytime you have people injured or killed, it's tragic but when you have a situation like this where you have multiple fatalities and multiple injuries, it makes it even worse," Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace told an ABC affiliate.
Huskey said most of the passengers on the bus were Latin American.