BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab, who is getting the cold shoulder from Gulf Arab states, on Monday met Iran's parliament speaker, the first senior foreign official to visit since Diab's government took office.
Gulf states had long channelled funds to Beirut but have grown alarmed by the rising clout of Iran's ally Hezbollah. Lebanon's rich Gulf neighbours now appear loathe to help it out of an unprecedented economic and financial crisis.
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