Veteran Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, said yesterday that Iran is punishing Lebanon by delaying the new government and refusing to announce its formation. Against the backdrop of its confrontation with the United States and recent economic sanctions against Tehran, Iran is fabricating the problem of ministerial representation of Sunni MPs from outside the Future Movement, Jumblatt claimed. Jumblatt made the comments in an interview with the Lebanese newspaper Al Joumhouria on Friday, adding that Lebanon is now stuck on the “international-regional line of contact between Washington and Tehran”. He expressed his concern that a continuation of the current political crisis would lead to the deterioration of the Lebanese pound and the collapse of the … Continue reading Walid Jumblatt: Iran punishing Lebanon by delaying formation of government