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dalton99a

(96,052 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 09:53 PM 19 hrs ago

Iran says the initial deal to end the war with the US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon

https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-war-israel-lebanon-oil-june-16-2026-d79458506c46e3f4a78aef0f9d8b9250

Iran says the initial deal to end the war with the US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon
By JON GAMBRELL, SAM METZ and SAMY MAGDY
Updated 7:28 PM CDT, June 16, 2026

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

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 after joining the U.S. in launching strikes on Iran on Feb. 28. Israel also has fought the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon and seized large swaths of that country.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Israel’s continued occupation of southern Lebanon would violate the deal.

“Without the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territories they occupied during this war, the war has not fully come to an end,” Araghchi said.

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Iran says the initial deal to end the war with the US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon (Original Post) dalton99a 19 hrs ago OP
Trump University, Trump Airlines, Trump Stakes, Trump Iran Deal... Chasstev365 19 hrs ago #1
Good luck with that. yourout 19 hrs ago #2
Houston, we have a problem. dem4decades 19 hrs ago #3
DURec leftstreet 18 hrs ago #4
Seems Iran's strategy D_Master81 18 hrs ago #5

Chasstev365

(8,313 posts)
1. Trump University, Trump Airlines, Trump Stakes, Trump Iran Deal...
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 10:01 PM
19 hrs ago

He SUCKS at everything he does!

D_Master81

(2,735 posts)
5. Seems Iran's strategy
Tue Jun 16, 2026, 10:47 PM
18 hrs ago

Seems to be to drive a division between the US and Israel. They know Netenyahu isn’t going to pull out of Lebanon or will do so begrudgingly. Trying to divide the 1 ally Israel still has left seems to be the long term play.

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