Ayhan Simsek<\/p>\n
15 June 2026\u2022Update: 15 June 2026<\/p>\n
Germany on Monday called on Iran and Israel to prevent a fresh escalation in Lebanon and seize the momentum created by a newly announced US-Iran agreement aimed at ending the fighting.<\/p>\n
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul welcomed the deal, announced Sunday by Washington and Tehran, as \u201cgood news,\u201d and said Berlin stands ready to help advance the process once full details emerge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran must now exert influence on Hezbollah to ensure there are no further attacks on Israel,\u201d Wadephul told reporters ahead of a meeting with EU counterparts in Luxembourg. \u201cAnd as for Israel, there will be no reason for it to launch or carry out attacks in Lebanon. This is an opportunity for the entire region, and we should seize it together now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked whether the EU could help facilitate moving the US-Iran deal forward, Wadephul expressed willingness but stressed the need for clarity on its terms.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really need to understand the substance of the agreement in detail \u2014 something I assume will only be fully possible on Friday,\u201d he said. \u201cHowever, the Europeans have consistently stated their readiness to play a role in restoring the navigability of the Strait of Hormuz. I believe we simply need to keep an open mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wadephul added that Europeans could consider expanding the EU\u2019s Aspides mission to take a more active part in ensuring safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. \u201cIt is in Europe\u2019s interest for this vital trade route to function smoothly, and if we can contribute to that, we should be prepared to do so,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ayhan Simsek 15 June 2026\u2022Update: 15 June 2026 Germany on Monday called on Iran and Israel to prevent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-493660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}