Lebanese Government Expels Iranian Ambassador

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In Lebanon, the government has decided finally to take on Hezbollah, and to disarm it forcibly. It is tired of Hezbollah acting as a state within a state, constantly dragging the country into hostilities with Israel that always end with tremendous damage to the country’s infrastructure. Not only Lebanese Christians and Muslims, but many Shi’a, too, want Hezbollah’s military wing to be shut down. Both Lebanon’s President, Joseph Aoun, a Maronite, and its Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, a Sunni Muslim, are determined to bring Hezbollah to heel. And Hezbollah can no longer receive weapons from Iran; the route through Syria is now closed; Syria itself is now run by a Sunni Muslim, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who hates the Shi’a regime in Iran that propped up Bashar Assad during the Syrian Civil War when al-Sharaa and his fighters in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham were doing their best to topple him.

Lebanon is now determined to keep Iranian officials and military men out of their country, so that they cannot provide assistance, including money, to Hezbollah. Beirut has now declared the Iranian ambassador to be persona non grata, and demanded that he leave within a few days. More on this latest sign of Lebanon’s determination to take on Hezbollah and remove its backer, Iran, from the country, can be found here: “Lebanon declares Iran’s ambassador-designate persona non grata, gives him until Sunday to leave,” by Danielle Greyman-Kennard, Jerusalem Post, March 24, 2026:

Lebanon declared Iran’s ambassador-designate Mohammad Reza Sheibani persona non grata on Tuesday, giving the appointed figure until Sunday to leave the country, the Lebanese foreign minister announced.Lebanon’s foreign ministry 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.“I instructed today the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants to summon the Iranian Chargé d’Affaires in Lebanon to inform him of the decision to withdraw the agrément for the designated Iranian Ambassador, Mohammad Reza Shibani, declare him persona non grata, and request that he leave Lebanese territory no later than 29 March, 2026,” Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi confirmed.Sheibani was only appointed to the role in February and had not yet presented his credentials, though he had served in the same role in the 2000s.Lt.-Col. (Res.) Sarit Zehavi, the founder and president of the Alma Research and Education Center, who previously complained to The Jerusalem Post about Lebanon’s inaction against Hezbollah, said the latest move could lay the foundation for trust needed with Jerusalem for direct talks….