(15 Nov 2024)
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Beirut, Lebanon – 15 November 2024
1. Various of Ali Larijani, advisor to Iran’s leader, arriving to meet Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati
2. Various of Larijani meeting Mikati
3. Larijani arriving to meet Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri
4. Various of Larijani and Berri
5. Wide of news conference
6. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ali Larijani, advisor to Iran’s leader:
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"The Islamic republic of Iran supports Lebanon and Lebanese officials under any circumstances, especially under the current circumstances when the Zionist regime has put the Lebanese nation in a difficult situation."
8. Close of Lebanese flag
9. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ali Larijani, advisor to Iran’s leader:
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"We see this a duty to support the Lebanese people and their demands. We hope that your country’s situation improves as soon as possible, and the esteemed people who were forced to move from the south to other regions can return home."
10. Larijani on camera screen
11. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ali Larijani, advisor to Iran’s leader:
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"My visit was meant to show that we support the Lebanese nation and officials under any circumstances."
12. Wide of media
13. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Ali Larijani, advisor to Iran’s leader:
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"We are not after disrupting anything. We are after solving problems. We will support the Lebanese people under any circumstances. It’s (Benjamin) Netanyahu and his mob that are after disrupting things."
14. Larijani leaving
STORYLINE:
An Iranian official flew to Beirut on Friday to discuss the ongoing Israel-Hezbollah war with top Lebanese officials as Israel’s air force struck areas on the edge of the Lebanese capital.
The visit of Ali Larijani, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, comes amid attempts led by the United States to end the 13-month war that broadened in September into southern and eastern Lebanon as well as Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Larijani told reporters after the talks that he hoped circumstances would soon improve in Lebanon so that displaced people could return home.
“The Islamic republic of Iran supports Lebanon and Lebanese officials under any circumstances, especially under the current circumstances,” Larijani said after separate meetings with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
Lebanese media reported that the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon has handed over a draft of a proposed deal to end the Israel-Hezbollah war to Berri.
A Lebanese official confirmed that the American envoy in Beirut, Lisa Johnson, visited Berri but refused to say whether a draft was handed over.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media about the ongoing talks. The U.S. Embassy refused to either confirm or deny the reports.
Larijani flew in Friday from neighboring Syria where he held similar talks a day earlier with President Bashar Assad.
Syria’s state news agency said Assad and Larijani discussed the “ongoing aggression on Palestine and Lebanon and the necessity of stopping it.”
Iran is a main backer of Hezbollah and for decades has been funding and arming the Lebanese militant group.
Asked if he was visiting to try and thwart U.S. efforts to end the Israel-Hezbollah war, Larijani said “We are not after disrupting anything. We are after solving problems.”
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