Rahi Says Officials Must be Speechless, Meets Iranian Ambassador

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi held talks with Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi in Bkirki on Saturday.

“The Iranian ambassador invited al-Rahi to attend the annual ceremony commemorating the death of Imam Khomeini, commander of the Iranian revolution, in UNESCO,” the National News Agency said.

The Patriarch expressed his dissatisfaction with the current situation on Friday, saying that there are many officials and other personalities that utter words on television that are ought to destroy the country.

“I wish those people don’t talk and remain speechless. For what is the good of a word if it isn’t to build,” Rahi stressed during a meeting with a delegation that deal with deaf people.

The Maronite Patriarch heads Sunday to Rome to participate in the Middle East Synod.