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Lebanese business delegation en route to Tehran

28 August 2016 [14:23] - TODAY.AZ

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A delegation of 70 Lebanese businessmen and officials left Beirut for Tehran, headed by Minister of Industry Hussein al-Hajj Hassan.

As the sanctions have been lifted, situations are riper than ever for expanding bilateral ties with Iran, Hassan said before departing Beirut, IRNA news agency reported on August 28.

He said while in Tehran, he will meet Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh, government spokesman and head of Budget and Planning Organization Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi, Agriculture Minister Mohammad Hojjati, Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian, Minister of Transport Abbas Akhondi, and a number of lesser officials.

The Lebanese delegation is the latest in a series of business teams that started visiting Iran in 2016 when the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between Iran and six world powers was still on the anvil.

As the JCPOA was put into practice in January, a set of harsh sanctions on Iran were lifted by the US, EU, and UN Security Council.

However, a set of primary sanctions regarding the use of the US dollar in business transactions with Iran remain in place and have virtually annulled the sanctions relief, with Iranian businessmen and their foreign counterparts saying no practical change has happened in Iran’s international business.

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