Lebanon’s PM asks Iran to help secure ceasefire in Israel-Hezbollah war

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, meets Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, in Beirut (Dalati Nohra via AP)

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has asked Iran to help secure a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah and appeared to urge it to convince the militant group to agree to a deal that could require it to pull back from the Israel-Lebanon border.

The prime minister made the comments in talks with Ali Larijani, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.