DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Lebanese Foreign Ministry summons envoy to Iran, citing breaches of diplomatic protocol by Tehran. Published On 24 Mar 202624 Mar 2026Lebanon has withdrawn accreditation from the Iranian ambassador and declared him persona non grata, demanding his departure from Lebanon by Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.The ministry also summoned the Lebanese ambassador to Iran for consultations, citing what it described as Tehran’s violation of diplomatic norms and established practices between the two countries.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe decision comes as the Israeli army continues to attack Lebanon with air strikes and pushes forward with a ground offensive in southern Lebanon since a cross-border attack by Hezbollah on March 2, in response to the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Lebanese authorities say at least 1,039 people have since been killed and 2,876 injured in Israeli attacks. More than 1.5 million Lebanese people have been displaced as Israel has ordered people to evacuate from the country’s southern region.Citing the Lebanese Health Ministry, Zeina Khodr said on Tuesday that at least three people were killed in targeted assassinations overnight in Beirut.“The Israeli military said it targeted members of the Quds Force, the foreign unit of Iran’s IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]. This is not the first time the Israeli army has claimed to target the IRGC in Lebanon,” she said.“Iran did acknowledge that four Iranians were killed in a targeted strike at a hotel in the early days of the conflict. But they said they were civilians.”The latest Israeli war comes as many of the more than one million people displaced during the 2023-24 war were not able return to their homes in southern Lebanon …
