Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said today (Tuesday) that one of the central provisions in the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States concerns ending the fighting on all fronts, particularly in Lebanon.
According to Araghchi, although the memorandum of understanding is officially set to begin Friday, the declaration to end the war took effect Monday with the completion of agreements between the sides. “This is perhaps the most important issue in the memorandum of understanding: the declaration of an immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”
The Iranian foreign minister stressed that from Tehran’s perspective, there is a connection between the Lebanese arena and the confrontation with Iran. “Because of the link that was created between the war in Lebanon and the aggression of the Zionist regime in southern Lebanon and the war with Iran, and since these two fronts became connected and somewhat dependent on each other, from day one the Islamic Republic of Iran saw ending the war in Lebanon as one of the necessary conditions for ending the war with Iran.”
He said, “Due to difficulties in reaching an understanding, and due to the attacks of the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran, we decided to divide the negotiations into two phases. In the first phase, the end of the war, the Strait of Hormuz, the release of blocked Iranian funds, and reconstruction were discussed. After that, the negotiations will continue for 60 days in order to reach a final agreement, in which the nuclear issue and the lifting of sanctions will be discussed.”