Foreign Affairs Ministry: Iranian diplomatic luggage permitted entry following embassy clarification
1/3/2025 11:50:53 AM
Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants received a written explanatory memorandum from the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the contents of two small diplomatic bags carried by an Iranian diplomat aboard a Mahan Air flight on January 2, 2025.
According to the memorandum, the bags contained documents, official papers, and cash intended exclusively for operational expenses related to the embassy's activities.
Following this clarification, Lebanon’s MoFA allowed the entry of the diplomatic bags in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.
According to the memorandum, the bags contained documents, official papers, and cash intended exclusively for operational expenses related to the embassy's activities.
Following this clarification, Lebanon’s MoFA allowed the entry of the diplomatic bags in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.