President Sleiman meets family of late Hisham Salman

President Michel Sleiman met on Tuesday with caretaker Minister of Environment Nazem Khoury, and tackled with him the latest developments and the performance of the Ministry, mainly pertaining to the protection of the country's forests from wild fires.

President Sleiman also discussed with MPs Bahia Hariri, Elie Keyrouz and Ammar Houry the latest political updates.

Sleiman also held talks with the family of the late Hisham Salman who was killed two months ago during a demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy.

Sleiman confirmed to the family that he would call on the judicial authorities to speed up the investigations into the incident and punish the perpetrators.

Men wielding batons and wearing yellow arm bands evoking Lebanon's Hezbollah attacked protesters outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Sunday, 8th of June, during a rally against the group's participation in the Syrian civil war.

A military statement said the protesters had just arrived at the embassy area when clashes broke out and a civilian opened fire.

The embassy is in Bir Hassan, a predominantly pro-Hezbollah area.

The official identified the man killed as 28-year-old Hisham Salman, amember of the small Lebanese Option Party, which had called for the anti-Hezbollah protest.

The Syria conflict is increasingly spilling over into Lebanon.

Hezbollah's participation in the conflict, backing forces of Syria's President Bashar Assad in a successful campaign to drive rebels out of al-Qusayr near the Lebanese border, heightened tensions.

The Lebanese Option Party is headed by a Shiite politician, Ahmad El Assaad, who has long been opposed to Hezbollah.