{"id":15435,"date":"2026-06-16T11:31:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=15435"},"modified":"2026-06-16T11:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T11:31:50","slug":"iran-says-the-deal-to-end-the-war-with-the-us-requires-israel-to-withdraw-from-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=15435","title":{"rendered":"Iran says the deal to end the war with the US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By JON GAMBRELL, SAM METZ and SAMY MAGDY<\/strong><\/p>\n

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 Iran\u2019s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon \u2014 a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement, leading to the resumption of all-out war.<\/p>\n

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The deal, which is between the U.S. and Iran, has not been made public, and officials have sometimes offered contradictory interpretations of what is in it. While Israel is not party to the agreement, it is part of the war: It joined the U.S. in launching strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, and has since fought the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon and seized large swaths of that country.<\/p>\n

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Israel\u2019s continued occupation of southern Lebanon would violate the deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territories they occupied during this war, the war has not fully come to an end,\u201d Araghchi said.<\/p>\n

Pakistan, a key mediator, has said the deal called for an end to military operations, including in Lebanon, as Iran long insisted. But Araghchi\u2019s call for a withdrawal adds a new wrinkle.<\/p>\n

A U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss outlines of the agreement, has said the deal did not call for an Israeli withdrawal. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel would remain in Lebanon \u201cas long as necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

The negotiations to end the war have been plagued by such disagreements before \u2014 leading to a prolonged but uneasy ceasefire that has failed to develop into a permanent end to hostilities and that has left the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for the world\u2019s energy supplies, effectively shut.<\/p>\n

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