Top Iranian official holds talks in Lebanon on Israel-Hezbollah war

Thick smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli airstrike on Tayouneh, Beirut, Lebanon (Hassan Ammar/AP)

A top Iranian official held talks with Lebanese leaders on the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah, which came as the US continued actively pushing both sides to agree to a new ceasefire deal.

The visit of Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, to the Lebanese capital on Friday was punctuated with a renewed aerial attack by Israel on the south-eastern edge of the city.