Libya’s new regime described the relation between Tripoli and Tehran following the fall of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi as positive.

Libya’s new regime described the relation between Tripoli and Tehran following the fall of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi as positive.

National Transitional Council (NTC) deputy Vice Chairman Abdel Hafiz Ghoga expressed gratitude for Iran's support and humanitarian assistance to the people of Libya, suggesting an upcoming official visit to Iranian capital by new Libyan authorities in the near future.

The development comes after Iran's Foreign Minister Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi visited Tripoli recently, heading a high-level delegation, and held talks with NTC chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil.

The two officials discussed various issues, including the fate of the high Lebanese cleric Imam Sayyed Mousa Sadr, who disappeared in Libya along with two of his companions while on an official visit to Libya on August 31, 1978.

Gaddafi’s regime claimed that Imam Sadr boarded a plane destined for Italy, but Italian officials insisted that no such person was on any passenger list of planes arriving into the country.

Lebanon has formed an official delegation to follow up Imam Sadr’s case. The delegation has staged more than a visit to Libya following the topple of Gaddafi.
Last week the head of NTC said the new regime would announce the fate of Imam Sadr soon.