TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has offered his congratulations to the Lebanese people and government as well as the Hezbollah resistance movement on the 17th anniversary of the liberation of South Lebanon from the Israeli occupation.

In separate messages to Lebanese Foreign Minister Jubran Basil and Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday, Zarif hailed the anniversary of the country’s victory over the Tel Aviv regime, Tasnim reported.

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