Ali Larijani, a top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, visited Beirut on Thursday. The trip coincided with fresh Israeli airstrikes on the southeastern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, marking a continuation of regional tensions.

He appeared to be urging it to press the militant group, a close ally of Iran, to agree to a deal that could require it to pull back from the Israel-Lebanon border.

Iran backs any decision taken by Lebanon in talks to secure a ceasefire with Israel, a senior Iranian official said on Friday, signalling Tehran wants to see an end to a conflict that has dealt heavy blows to its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.

Billionaire Elon Musk found himself at the center of controversy once again after the New York Times reported he met with the U.N. ambassador for Iran. On Friday, critics brought attention to the Logan Act,

The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk recently met with Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations, according to a Thursday report from The New York Times. The Times reported that two Iranian officials said the discussion between Musk,