Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran backs the “resistance” in Lebanon during a phone call with an Iranian official. Iran is talking up the “resistance” ahead of a possible ceasefire in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah,

Israel has agreed to a ceasefire with the militant group Hezbollah, bringing a possible pause in fighting on a major front of a war that's jolted the region since October 2023.

President Biden said the 60-day truce, which the United States helped broker, would take effect early Wednesday, and was intended to become permanent, ending Lebanon’s deadliest war in decades.