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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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Iran Police Commander Dismissed After Death in Custody

A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)
A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)
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Iran Police Commander Dismissed After Death in Custody

A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)
A view of the entrance to Evin prison in Tehran, Iran (Reuters)

Iran's police force has dismissed the commander of a city in the northern province of Gilan after the death in custody of a detainee, state media said on Saturday.

Mohammad Mir Mousavi, 36, was arrested on July 22 after being involved in a fight in Lahijan, police said in a statement carried by the official news agency IRNA.

"The police commander... was dismissed due to insufficient oversight of the conduct and behaviour of staff," the police said, AFP reported.

"Due to the complexity of the matter, the final conclusion on the cause of Mohammad Mir Mousavi's death depends on the medical examiner's final report.

The police said the station commander and several officers involved in the incident had been suspended.

"The behaviour of some law enforcement officers was against the professional policy of the police and that is not acceptable in any way, so they were referred to the judicial authority," the statement added.

The Norway-based Kurdish human rights organization, Hengaw, on Wednesday said Mir Mousavi "was killed under torture in the detention center".

On Thursday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered an investigation into the case.

Dismissals of members of the security forces are rare in Iran.

In 2022, the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who had been arrested in Tehran for an alleged breach of the country's strict dress code for women, sparked months of deadly nationwide protests.