Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian arrived at Beirut Int. airport from Russia.

⚽️ The Palestinian Olympic team beat its Lebanese counterpart (4-2) in the West Asian U-23 Championship.

Abdollahian from Beirut airport:

I congratulate the Lebanese people on the formation of the new government and convey the greetings of President Ibrahim Raisi to the Lebanese people, the Lebanese resistance and the government.

- We are confident that Lebanon is able to overcome the difficulties it suffers from, as it overcame its problems in the previous stages.

- As it has always been, the Islamic Republic will remain on the side of the Lebanese Republic to break the siege imposed on Lebanon.

- The Islamic Republic of Iran will not spare Lebanon any assistance if it is asked to do so.

Note: He was received by a delegation from Amal and Hezbullah in addition to the Director of Protocol at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abeer Ali.

The Iranian minister will meet today with President General Michel Aoun, in addition to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, and Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib.

In addition to representatives of Palestinian factions at the Iranian embassy in Beirut

Explosion in Dahyeh

Two explosions minutes apart took place.

No information yet.

Initial: It was an RPG attack on a gold shop (Ghamloush)

⋯ Photo of the aftermath. The attack was done by the Sharif family against the Ghamloush family.

⋯ Background: The Ghamloush family attacked a security forces (ISF) member from the Sharif family. The latter issued a statement today that the Ghamloush family should close all their businesses (cf attached statement).

Tonight's attack seems to be a warning.

⋯ The other business targetted tonight was Kado Ghamloush, a toy shop owned by the Ghamloush family.

🦠 After the scandal of the fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine data at the “Batroun Governmental Hospital”, another case of corruption broke out in this hospital, this time about theft.

Al-Akhbar is reporting a theft of “masks, paws, and supplies to prevent the coronavirus epidemic, which were donated to the hospital by civil associations and municipalities”. According to the sources, “the stolen items were sold in a number of stores in the locality”.

The dollar exchange rate increased to 18,500 LBP/USD, approaching slowly its all time highs.

Iranian MFA's visit in Lebanon:

President Aoun assured Iranian MFA Abdollahian of Lebanon's support for the efforts being made to enhance rapprochement between the countries of the region.

Abdollahian assured President Aoun that Iran will always stand by Lebanon.

Jordanian Energy Minister:

- We hope to deliver electricity to Lebanon by the end of this year.

- Any company that will work on electricity transmission to Lebanon will not violate USA's sanctions - Caesar's Law.

Hebrew media - Maariv:

2,600 Israeli trained doctors submit their resignations to the Ministry of Health in protest of their working conditions, after they rejected a partial solution proposed by the government.