Many hardline conservatives in Iran are growing uneasy about its lack of action as Israel targets the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, their country’s closest and most long-standing ally. When President Masoud Pezeshkian addressed the UN General Assembly on Tuesday,

In the past year, Hezbollah has suffered the heaviest losses of its four-decade history. Iran has offered rhetorical support, but it has not joined the fight.

Two Israeli officials said Iranian officials told their Hezbollah counterparts that "the timing isn't right" for launching an attack against Israel.