Iran Gives Lebanon the Nod to Reach Ceasefire with Israel

The Iranian regime has given the government of Lebanon the go-ahead to reach a ceasefire with Israel on behalf of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terror group that began the war in October 2023 but has since been beaten badly.

The Jerusalem Post reported Friday:

Iran will support any decision taken by the Lebanese government and Lebanon’s “resistance” in current talks on a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said on Friday. “We are not looking to sabotage anything. We are after a solution to the problems,” Larijani said after meeting Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and parliament speaker Nabih Berri. … Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, spoke during a visit to Beirut as Israel kept up its intensified bombardment of Hezbollah-controlled areas of the Lebanese capital.

As Breitbart News reported Thursday, the U.S. submitted a ceasefire proposal to Lebanon, which was then given to Hezbollah. Israel has reportedly been willing to accept a ceasefire, having eliminated Hezbollah’s command structure, and having removed many of the weapons and destroyed many of the tunnels along Lebanon’s border with Israel.

President-elect Donald Trump pledged to seek peace in Lebanon and reportedly wants a ceasefire before he takes office.

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