Iran is ready to ship more fuel to Lebanon if needed

Iran official says his country could send more fuel to Lebanon after Hezbollah leader vowed more vessels are sailing.

Iran said it is ready to ship more fuel to Lebanon if needed, a day after the leader of Lebanon’s Iran-aligned Hezbollah group said more vessels carrying Iranian fuel would sail soon to help ease the country’s energy crisis. Hezbollah’s foes in Lebanon have warned of dire consequences from the purchase, saying it risked sanctions being imposed on a country whose economy has been in meltdown for nearly two years. “We sell our oil and its products based on our own decisions and the needs of our friend. Iran is ready to send fuel again to Lebanon if needed,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said at news conference on Monday.