By NNN-IRNA,
Tehran : Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has said that Israel has become politically dead after its humiliating defeat in the 33-day war against Lebanon in 2006.
Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting Foreign Minister of Lebanon Fawzi Salloukh who is currently in Tehran to attend the 15th meeting of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) foreign ministers.
The meeting opened on Tuesday with inaugural speech of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The 118 member states, 15 observer members, and eight international and regional organisations are attending the meeting.
Larijani said that the release of a group of the Lebanese captives from Israeli prisons was a historic defeat for Israel and a great victory for Lebanon and for the world of Islam.
Israel released five Lebanese prisoners in return for bodies of two Israeli soldiers at the Israeli-Lebanese border on July 16.
“Courage and resistance of the Lebanese people have been well supported by regional states and the Islamic world,” Larijani told Salloukh, stressing that Lebanon has currently reached a point where “it can say the last word.”
Larijani said that Tehran would support the political process of forming a national unity government in Lebanon with the support of all political groups of that country.
“Iran supports stability and peace in Lebanon,” added the Speaker.