国际英语新闻：Iranian president wraps up visit to Lebanon

While the Iranian president reiterated his country's support to Lebanon's struggle against Israel during his two-day visit, Ahmadinejad vaguely touched upon the thorny issue of the UN-backed court to try suspects in the assassination of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.

Hariri's son, Sunni Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hezbollah have been locked in a standoff over the indictment to be issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) probing the 2005 Hariri assassination. Reports have suggested that the STL will issue a verdict against "rogue" members of Hezbollah.

Ahmadinejad held talks on Thursday with Saad Hariri at the government's house, the Grand Serail.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi said his country considered the issue of the STL was a "strictly Lebanese issue". "Talks with Lebanese officials tackled several issues including that of the tribunal " we already said that we are exerting all possible efforts to preserve the unity of the Lebanese," said the Ambassador.

The only time Ahmadinejad implicitly mentioned the issue of the STL in his two-day visit was when he slammed the "fabricated" claims that Hezbollah was involved in the assassination of Rafic Hariri during a rally in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh on Wednesday.

He said Rafic Hariri was killed by "deceitful hands," and described him as "dear friend who cared about his country."