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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran Requests to Be Informed about Probe with Abdullah Azzam Brigades 'Emir'
2014-01-03
[An Nahar] Iranian authorities demanded on Thursday to be informed about the probe with the "emir" of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, Saudi national Majed al-Majed, who is supposedly tossed in the calaboose
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
by the army intelligence.

"The (caretaker) Foreign Ministry received a memo from Iranian authorities in which they asked to stay informed about the investigation with al-Majed, considering that the kaboom took place on an Iranian soil," caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour told LBCI television.

Mansour noted that he will refer the memo to concerned judicial bodies.

He considered that Iranians "have the right to be informed about the probe and ask questions, and Lebanese authorities must provide them with information because the kaboom targeted an Iranian soil and killed Iranian nationals."

Iran's Ambassador to Leb Ghazanfar Rokn Abadi had revealed that an Iranian intelligence delegation participated in inspecting the scene of the kaboom near the embassy in Beirut's southern suburbs.

"Both Lebanese and Iranian authorities agreed that Iran will take part in the investigation," he pointed out.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shouting match, a new, even louder, voice was to be heard...
Saudi Ambassador to Leb Ali Awadh Asiri announced that DNA samples will be sent to Leb to identify the Saudi detainee and prove that he is al-Majed.

Media reports had said that al-Majed, who is wanted by Saudi authorities, was the person to plan the bombing that targeted the Iranian embassy in Beirut on November 19.
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