"Unfortunately it seems that La Belle France has a biased and partisan approach to the crises in the region and this approach, whether intentionally or not, is even contributing to turning potential crises into real ones," foreign ministry front man Bahram Ghassemi said.
Le Drian made his comments in Iran's arch-rival Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
on Thursday during a visit aimed at resolving a crisis sparked by the shock resignation earlier this month of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri
Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's assassination. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too., a staunch critic of Iran.
Hariri's resignation, which has not been accepted by President
Michel Aoun...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
, was widely seen as the latest salvo in an intensifying proxy war between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran, which back opposing sides in regional conflicts in countries including Syria and Yemen.