Hezbollah and Amal have thanked Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his visit to Lebanon, calling it a sign of the deep ties between the two countries, Press TV reported.
The two Lebanese movements issued a joint statement on Friday expressing gratitude to the Iranian president for his assurances of support for the Lebanese people.
Ahmadinejad met with Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday before wrapping up his two-day state visit to Lebanon.
The two discussed the results of the historic visit in the meeting at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut.
Meanwhile, senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati hailed Ahmadinejad's visit to Lebanon for "reinforcing resistance in the Middle East."
"This is the characteristic feature of the Islamic Republic, to not bow to the enemy, and this delivers an anti-Israeli and anti-US message, while supporting the Palestinians," Jannati said in a sermon at Friday Prayers in Tehran.
During his two-day state visit, which came at the invitation of Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, the Iranian president met with the country's top officials, political leaders, academicians, and university students and addressed large crowds of people in Beirut and southern Lebanon.