Iranians including diplomats evacuated from Beirut on Russian plane: Lebanese official

More than 100 Iranians, including some diplomats, were evacuated from Beirut overnight on a Russian plane, a Lebanese official told AFP on Sunday.

The evacuation came after Lebanon on Thursday banned any activity by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps -- a main backer of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah -- and imposed a visa requirement on Iranians entering the country as part of measures to pressure the group.