Over 150 Iranian nationals leave Lebanon including diplomats, Lebanese security source says

Middle East Eye · March 7, 2026 War

Over 150 Iranian nationals leave Lebanon including diplomats, Lebanese security source says More than 150 Iranian nationals, including diplomats and their families, left Lebanon on Saturday, a senior Lebanese security source told Reuters, after an Israeli military spokesperson threatened "representatives" of Iran in Lebanon. The security source said they were being flown to Russia on a Russian plane, and that another 20 Iranians had left on Friday following the start of a new war between Lebanese group Hezbollah and Israel. An Israeli military spokesperson on Tuesday told representatives of the Iranian government "still in Lebanon to leave immediately before they are targeted.

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