CAIRO: A worker at Beirut port has been rescued after spending 30 hours at sea after the massive explosion.
Amin Zahid was found unconscious and injured after the explosion threw him into the water, according to Lebanese media reports.
Rescue teams managed to locate him and transport him to hospital, where he remains in critical condition, according to Lebanon 24 channel.
Pictures showed Zahid in a small rescue boat after he was pulled from the sea.
His miraculous survival so long after the explosion took place has been a rare piece of good news in a country traumatized by the blast.
Dozens of families of those missing after the explosion have gathered in front of the port area, waiting for news. Many remain missing in the city where more than 137 people were killed and 5,000 injured.
The military imposed a security cordon around the site which was completely destroyed.
Rescuers pull Beirut port worker from sea alive after 30 hours
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Rescuers pull Beirut port worker from sea alive after 30 hours
- Amin Zahid was found unconscious and injured after the explosion threw him into the water
- Rescue teams managed to locate him and transport him to hospital
Iran unrest persists, top judge warns protesters
- Demonstrations sparked by soaring inflation
- Western provinces worst affected
DUBAI: Iran’s top judge warned protesters on Wednesday there would be “no leniency for those who help the enemy against the Islamic Republic,” while accusing Israel and the US of pursuing hybrid methods to disrupt the country.
The current protests, the biggest wave of dissent in three years, began last month in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar by shopkeepers condemning the currency’s free fall.
Unrest has since spread nationwide amid deepening distress over economic hardships, including rocketing inflation driven by mismanagement and Western sanctions, and curbs on political and social freedoms.
“Following announcements by Israel and the US president, there is no excuse for those coming to the streets for riots and unrest, chief justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, the head of Iran’s judiciary, was quoted as saying by state media.
“From now on, there will be no leniency for whoever helps the enemy against the Islamic Republic and the calm of the people,” Ejei said.
Iranian authorities have not given a death toll for protesters, but have said at least two members of the security services have died and more than a dozen have been injured.
Iran’s western provinces have witnessed the most violent protests.
“During the funeral of two people in Malekshahi on Tuesday, a number of attendees began chanting harsh, anti-system slogans,” said Iran’s Fars, news agency.
After the funeral, Fars said, “about 100 mourners went into the city and trashed three banks ... Some started shooting at the police trying to disperse them.”
The semi-official Mehr news agency said protesters stormed a food store and emptied bags of rice, which has been affected by galloping inflation that has made ordinary staples increasingly unaffordable for many Iranians.
