{"id":2583211,"date":"2026-03-24T09:42:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebanon-gives-iranian-ambassador-days-to-leave\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T09:43:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:43:20","slug":"lebanon-gives-iranian-ambassador-days-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebanon-gives-iranian-ambassador-days-to-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon gives Iranian ambassador days to leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flebanon-gives-iranian-ambassador-days-to-leave%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583211&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Lebanon declared Iran\u2019s ambassador to Beirut, Mohammad Reza shibani, persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country no later than March 29, 2026, after beirut summoned Iran\u2019s envoy for consultations. Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi announced the move, framing it as a response to Iranian interference in Lebanon\u2019s internal affairs. The decision signals a notable decline in Tehran\u2019s influence in Lebanon, a country where Hezbollah has long operated with Iranian backing. The report notes that Hezbollah\u2019s grip has weakened since 2024 amid Israeli operations, with Israel and the United States seeking to capitalize on the instability by pressuring Iran and its allies. It also provides context on the ongoing war dynamics, including Israeli airstrikes and the displacement of residents in southern lebanon, and gives background on Shibani\u2019s recent appointment after his predecessor Mojtaba Amani\u2019s injury.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Lebanon withdraws Iranian ambassador&rsquo;s designation and gives him days to leave<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2521658\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Lebanese government declared <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran&rsquo;s<\/a> ambassador persona non grata on Tuesday, an unprecedented move showcasing how much Tehran&rsquo;s influence has declined in its most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hyundai-boosts-investment-in-us-to-26-billion-after-lee-white-house-visit\/\" title=\"Hyundai boosts investment in US to  billion after Lee White House visit\">important foreign investment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >exerted unparalleled influence<\/a> in Lebanon since the 1980s, with its proxy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"814\">Hezbollah<\/a> de facto running the country. The group&rsquo;s hold on Lebanon&rsquo;s leadership loosened in 2024 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/premier-childrens-hospital-fires-unvaxxed-nurses-after-questioning-and-rejecting-their-religious-beliefs\/\" title=\"Premier Children\u2019s Hospital Fires Unvaxxed Nurses After Questioning And Rejecting Their Religious Beliefs\">senior leadership officials<\/a> were assassinated by Israel, and thousands of its members were killed through a rigged <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3158002\/israel-carried-pager-attack-fears-hezbollah-on-to-operation\/\">pager and walkie-talkie attack<\/a>. Israel and the United States have sought to take advantage of this weakness, scoring a major victory on Tuesday when Beirut expelled Iranian ambassador Mohammad Reza Shibani, a move unthinkable as recently as just two years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4501217\/iranian-linked-terrorist-group-responsibility-antisemitic-arson-attack-belgium\/\">Iranian-linked terrorist group claims responsibility for antisemitic arson attack in Belgium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4501201\/idf-struck-iranian-senior-officials-headquarters-airstrikes\/\">IDF claims it struck Iranian senior officials&rsquo; headquarters in airstrikes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4501103\/netanyahu-voices-support-trump-potential-iran-deal\/\">Netanyahu voices support for Trump&#8217;s potential Iran deal<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Hezbollah supporter takes a selfie while waving a Hezbollah flag as he stands on a tree outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, during a gathering to honor the Islamic Republic of Iran for what organizers described as &ldquo;breaking American and Israeli aggression.&rdquo; (AP Photo\/Hassan Ammar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I instructed today the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants to summon the Iranian Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires in Lebanon to inform him of the decision to withdraw the agr&eacute;ment 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,&rdquo; Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YoussefRaggi\/status\/2036396506387714453?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YoussefRaggi\/status\/2036396506387714453?s=20\">said in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Raggi had previously <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com.lb\/amp\/details\/1665334\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com.lb\/amp\/details\/1665334\">summoned Shibani<\/a> on March 12 to convey Beirut&rsquo;s displeasure at any Iranian interference in Lebanon&rsquo;s internal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Shibani was only appointed ambassador to Lebanon earlier this year, taking over from the eventful tenure of Mojtaba Amani, who was seriously injured in the September 2024 pager attack.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon also summoned its ambassador to Iran for consultations.<\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah joined the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran in its opening days, but hasn&rsquo;t fared well. The group has inflicted minimal casualties on Israel while getting battered by Israeli airstrikes. The Israeli military invaded Lebanon last week to establish a buffer zone, which has displaced hundreds of thousands. The instability and destruction from the war, and Hezbollah&rsquo;s inability to repel the Israeli military, have increasingly hurt its reputation and intensified efforts from the Lebanese government to disarm and neuter the group.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared that the masses of mostly Shia residents of southern Lebanon could be displaced for an indefinite period.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4501103\/netanyahu-voices-support-trump-potential-iran-deal\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4501103\">NETANYAHU VOICES SUPPORT FOR TRUMP&rsquo;S POTENTIAL IRAN DEAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hundreds of thousands of residents of southern Lebanon who evacuated north will not return south of the Litani River until security is guaranteed for the residents of the North,&rdquo; he said, referring to northern Israel. Hezbollah&rsquo;s main threat to Israel has been its short-range missiles, wreaking havoc and displacing residents in the north of the country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All five bridges over the Litani that were used by Hezbollah for the passage of terrorists and weapons have been blown up, and the IDF will control the remaining bridges and the security zone up to the Litani,&rdquo; Katz added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanon ousts Iran&#8217;s ambassador; Tehran&#8217;s grip fades<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2583212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25176616078270.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[76440,23554,3823,23728],"class_list":["post-2583211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-diplomatic-crisis","tag-expulsion","tag-iran","tag-lebanon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25176616078270.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583211"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583215,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583211\/revisions\/2583215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}