Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi says Tehran ready for defense cooperation with Beirut

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Saturday that Tehran is ready to start defense cooperation with Beirut upon the Lebanese side's request.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has announced its readiness for defense cooperation with Lebanon,” Vahidi said on Saturday.

"Whenever the Lebanese side is ready to start this cooperation it will submit its request,” IRNA quoted the Iranian minister as saying.

"Lebanon is our friend. If we receive any demand, we have full potential to help them,” Vahidi said last year.

Lebanon “needs military equipment to defend its borders against Israel,” Vahidi pointed out.

Vahidi said Iran's "dynamic" defense industry has the capacity to supply arms to more than 50 other states.