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Report: Suleiman in Tehran Next Month for Rowhani Inauguration

President Michel Suleiman will participate in the inauguration ceremony of Iran's President-elect Hassan Rowhani next month, As Safir newspaper reported on Wednesday.

The daily said Suleiman will travel to Tehran on August 3 at the head of a small delegation that includes Deputy Premier Samir Moqbel and Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour.

They are expected to return to Beirut the next day, As Safir said.

According to the newspaper, Suleiman will hold talks with Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several heads of delegations participating in the inauguration ceremony.

Suleiman received a message last Thursday from Rowhani in response to his congratulatory message on the Iranian president's June election.

After the Tehran trip, sources did not rule out a possible visit by the president to Saudi Arabia for talks with top officials.

Suleiman is currently in the United States on a several-day private visit. Reports have said that he is undergoing treatment in his left eye in Boston.


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