Iran leader pardons 691 on Eid, but Lebanese excluded 0 SHARES Share it! The Lebanese foreign ministry, quoted by the country’s official NNA news agency, said Nizar Zakka would be pardoned at the request of Beirut as a gesture for Eid. At the time of his arrest, state television in Iran charged Zakka had “deep ties to military and intelligence services of the United States”, Iran’s arch-foe. At the end of 2017, Iranian courts confirmed his 10-year sentence on appeal, as well as that of an American and two Iranian-Americans accused of “collaboration” with the United States. Iran and the United States broke diplomatic ties in 1980, and their relations have deteriorated significantly since US President Donald Trump took office in January 2017.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 09, 2019 15:11 UTC