Ali Larijani, advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader, talks with outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the Serail on Nov. 15, 2024. (Credit: The Presidency of the Council)
After the visits of Iran’s foreign minister and parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, an advisor to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, arrived in Beirut on Friday. This move cannot go unnoticed at a time when diplomatic efforts are ongoing toward a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, Iran’s armed wing in Lebanon. The senior Iranian official used the usual diplomatic language to affirm Tehran’s support for the ongoing efforts. He said he is in favor of any decision the Lebanese authorities will take in this regard. Yet, Larijani was keen on tying any agreement to a green light from the “resistance.” “Anything that the Lebanese authorities and the Lebanese resistance could accept, we are for,” he said, when asked about the implementation of U.N. Resolution 1701, which put an end to the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. This resolution, which...
After the visits of Iran’s foreign minister and parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, an advisor to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, arrived in Beirut on Friday. This move cannot go unnoticed at a time when diplomatic efforts are ongoing toward a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, Iran’s armed wing in Lebanon. The senior Iranian official used the usual diplomatic language to affirm Tehran’s support for the ongoing efforts. He said he is in favor of any decision the Lebanese authorities will take in this regard. Yet, Larijani was keen on tying any agreement to a green light from the “resistance.” “Anything that the Lebanese authorities and the Lebanese resistance could accept, we are for,” he said, when asked about the implementation of U.N. Resolution 1701, which put an end to the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. This...
