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Lebanese protesters chant ‘Iran, get out, Beirut is free’

Lebanese protesters chant ‘Iran gets out, Beirut is free’
posted onAugust 8, 2020
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Protesters in front of the Lebanese Foreign Ministry building chanted Saturday “Iran, get out! Beirut is free, free!” during the anti-government demonstrations in the wake of the deadly Beirut explosion.

Thousands of protesters expressed their anger and disappointment at the authorities they blame for turning the capital into a disaster zone. They have also called Iran to leave Lebanon and not intervene.

The crowd on Saturday blamed Tehran for providing military and financial support to Hezbollah, a Shiite political and militia group based in Lebanon.  

A group of protestors led by retired Lebanese army officers stormed the foreign ministry building and put up banners that read “capital of the revolution” and “Beirut is a demilitarized city.”

They also burned a picture of Lebanese President Michel Aoun.