Top Iranian official holds talks in Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah war as U.S. pushes for cease-fire

A top Iranian official has held talks with Lebanese leaders on the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah, which came as the United States is actively pushing both sides to agree to a new cease-fire deal. Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, visited Beirut as Israel was carrying out a renewed aerial attack on the southeastern edge of the city. The U.S. has been trying to broker an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and Lebanese media reports that U.S. Ambassador Lisa Johnson has handed over a draft of a proposed cease-fire deal to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.