Iran FM says ending war including in Lebanon 'most important issue' in US deal
People make their way through the heavily damaged historic market of Nabatieh as residents displaced by the fighting return to southern Lebanon on June 15, 2026.(AFP)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on June 16 that ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, was "the most important" issue in the peace deal with the United States announced the day before.
"The important point I want to emphasise here is that in our view, there are two parties to this memorandum — one side is America and Israel, and the other side is Iran and Hezbollah," said Araghchi during a briefing with foreign diplomats broadcast on state television.
"This is perhaps the most important issue in the memorandum — the declaration of an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon," he said, adding that "ending the war in Lebanon is an inseparable part of the complete end of the war".
