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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour in Évian

Iran’s top envoy says peace deal with US dependent on Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon

Rubble and broken concrete fill the foreground with a mosque minaret and dome visible among damaged buildings in Nabatieh
Rubble from recent Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock

Iran’s top diplomat has said a peace deal with the US would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, as concern grows that Israel could undermine diplomatic efforts to finally end the Middle East war, with Donald Trump even criticising his ally and war partner as irresponsible.

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

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