The outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdallah Bou Habib, presented by telephone his condolences to his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, to the victims of the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, wishing "a speedy recovery to the injured".
He also reiterated "Lebanon's condemnation of the attack on the sanctity and immunity of the consulate headquarters, which constitutes a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and a dangerous escalation that threatens regional peace and security".