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Shafaq News- Washington
US Vice President JD Vance declared on Wednesday that the
memorandum of understanding (MoU) reached between Washington and Tehran
constitutes a broader regional peace agreement covering Israel, Lebanon, and
the Arab Gulf states.
Speaking in a TV interview, Vance acknowledged that ongoing
Israeli military operations in Lebanon could complicate the settlement.
“This is a regional peace agreement. It will include the Gulf, Israel, and
Lebanon. The key point is that it is a genuine regional peace agreement.”
Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations (G7)
welcomed the US-Iran agreement the same day and voiced support for Lebanon’s
sovereignty, security, and stability.
Iran’s state-affiliated Mehr News Agency and Bloomberg both
published draft texts of the MoU, each containing a US commitment to ceasefire
provisions across all fronts, including Lebanon.
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator and Parliament Speaker
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told his Lebanese counterpart, Parliament Speaker
Nabih Berri, by phone that Washington must compel Israel to end its military
campaign in Lebanon, halt home demolitions, and withdraw from occupied Lebanese
territory.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel would
continue to occupy southern Lebanon regardless of the Washington-Tehran
framework.
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed armed group, said it had received
assurances from Tehran that Iran would press for Israeli troop withdrawal from
Lebanon in the next phase of negotiations with Washington.
The Iran-aligned Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters reported
84 Israeli violations of the Lebanon ceasefire in the two days following the
deal’s announcement, warning that Israeli forces would face a strong response
if the attacks on southern Lebanon continued.
Israeli artillery struck the Ali al-Taher heights and the
outskirts of Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon on Wednesday morning, while
Israeli aircraft carried out a separate airstrike near the town of Kfar Tebnit
in the Nabatieh district. Ten rockets were subsequently fired toward Israeli
troop concentrations near Kfar Tebnit, according to local media.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that the cumulative
death toll in Lebanon since March 2 has surpassed 3,826, with more than 11,851
wounded —figures that do not include four additional fatalities recorded in
Tuesday’s strikes.
The formal signing of the US-Iran MoU is scheduled for June
19 in Switzerland.
Read more: US-Iran ceasefire deal leaves Lebanon without guarantees