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Shafaq News- Washington<\/p>\n
US Vice President JD Vance declared on Wednesday that the
\nmemorandum of understanding (MoU) reached between Washington and Tehran
\nconstitutes a broader regional peace agreement covering Israel, Lebanon, and
\nthe Arab Gulf states.<\/p>\n
Speaking in a TV interview, Vance acknowledged that ongoing
\nIsraeli military operations in Lebanon could complicate the settlement.
\n“This is a regional peace agreement. It will include the Gulf, Israel, and
\nLebanon. The key point is that it is a genuine regional peace agreement.”<\/p>\n
Leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations (G7)
\nwelcomed the US-Iran agreement the same day and voiced support for Lebanon’s
\nsovereignty, security, and stability.<\/p>\n
Iran’s state-affiliated Mehr News Agency and Bloomberg both
\npublished draft texts of the MoU, each containing a US commitment to ceasefire
\nprovisions across all fronts, including Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator and Parliament Speaker
\nMohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told his Lebanese counterpart, Parliament Speaker
\nNabih Berri, by phone that Washington must compel Israel to end its military
\ncampaign in Lebanon, halt home demolitions, and withdraw from occupied Lebanese
\nterritory.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated<\/a> that Israel would Hezbollah, the Iran-backed armed group, said it had received The Iran-aligned Khatam<\/a> al-Anbiya Central Headquarters reported Israeli artillery struck the Ali al-Taher heights and the The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that the cumulative The formal signing of the US-Iran MoU is scheduled for June
\ncontinue to occupy southern Lebanon regardless of the Washington-Tehran
\nframework.<\/p>\n
\nassurances from Tehran that Iran would press for Israeli troop withdrawal from
\nLebanon in the next phase of negotiations with Washington.<\/p>\n
\n84 Israeli violations of the Lebanon ceasefire in the two days following the
\ndeal’s announcement, warning that Israeli forces would face a strong response
\nif the attacks on southern Lebanon continued.<\/p>\n
\noutskirts of Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon on Wednesday morning, while
\nIsraeli aircraft carried out a separate airstrike near the town of Kfar Tebnit
\nin the Nabatieh district. Ten rockets were subsequently fired toward Israeli
\ntroop concentrations near Kfar Tebnit, according to local media.<\/p>\n
\ndeath toll in Lebanon since March 2 has surpassed 3,826, with more than 11,851
\nwounded \u2014figures<\/a> that do not include four additional fatalities recorded in
\nTuesday’s strikes.<\/p>\n
\n19 in Switzerland.<\/p>\n