TEHRAN - Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi met with the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Jumblatt, in Beirut on Thursday. 

Jumblatt expressed hope that Iran and Russia could take effective measures to help end the crisis engulfing Syria. 

Roknabadi also held a meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday, in which Berri called for more negotiations to be held between Iranian and Lebanese officials.