"The Americans are being told: 'If you isolate Iran, Iran will corner you in Lebanon and elsewhere'," said an editorial in the independent Arabic-language daily Al-Anwar.
"The message is that if Washington wants solutions in the region, it must knock on Iran's door."
The United States and its allies have sought to isolate Iran in a bid to force it to halt its nuclear programme, which Tehran insists is for civilian purposes.
The United States and Israel condemned the trip as a "provocation" while members of Lebanon's pro-Western parliamentary majority saw it as a bid to drive home the message that Tehran had a base on the Mediterranean.
"For the Iranians, their president's visit is seen within the context of a great power boosting its presence in the region day by day," said the daily Al-Akhbar, which is close to Hizbollah.
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