Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun , an ally of the Iranian and Syrian backed Hezbollah group has decided to travel to Tehran. A visit by Iranian Charge d'Affaires in Lebanon, Mojtaba Ferdowsi-Pour, to the FPM leader on Friday will likely pave the way for Aoun's trip to Tehran Ferdowsi indicated that preparations were underway for Aoun's visit, hoping it would be "soon in order to upgrade relations between the two countries."
Aoun will also visit south Lebanon on Sunday in a bid to improve his "understanding" with Hezbollah.
Aoun signed up a memorandum of understanding with Hezbollah over 2 years ago . His agreement with Hezbollah has been blamed for Lebanon's woos . The Christian leadership in the parliament majority accuse Aoun of having provided a Christian cover for Hezbollah's 2006 war with Israel which devastated the Lebanese infrastructure and for the sit-in in downtown Beirut to bring down the government as well as the May 2008 Hezbollah uprising which resulted in the seizure of west Beirut and the attack against the Druze strongholds of Mt Lebanon.
Hezbollah was created by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in 1982 and continues to be funded ,trained and armed by Iran .
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah considers himself a member of the Iranian system of governing ... "Wilayat al Faqih" or Guardianship of the Islamic jurists.