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Iran says the initial US war deal requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon 25%
By JON GAMBRELL53% SAM METZ0% SAMY MAGDY0%
6/16/2026, 7:43:20 AM
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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.
Switzerland’s foreign ministry said the signing ceremony for the deal will take place Friday at the Bürgenstock resort near the city of Luzern.
Other major questions hang over the planned ceremonial signing.
The agreement is meant to provide a meaningful truce in a monthslong war that has killed thousands across the Middle East and raised the prices of fuel, food and other basic goods far beyond the region.
The agreement provides for the “immediate” opening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of the American naval blockade of Iranian ports, according to a senior U.S. official who spoke to reporters Monday on condition of anonymity to discuss outlines of the agreement.
Trump later said the United States would not “invest” funds in Iran.
U.S. officials have not yet explained how they see the agreement addressing Iran’s nuclear program, including who will be in charge of verifying that Iran is in compliance and who will destroy or remove highly enriched uranium believed to be buried under nuclear sites that were badly damaged by U.S. strikes last summer.
Iran has agreed to discuss ways to possibly “dilute or remove” the uranium, the regional officials said.
However, it remains unclear whether Tehran would agree to that, particularly with hard-liners opposed.
Trump said he’s open to sending the emerging agreement to the U.S.
Congress for review.
Republicans on Capitol Hill say they want Trump to provide more information about the agreement, with some expressing skepticism that the deal can deter Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon.
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Metz reported from Ramallah, West Bank, and Magdy reported from Cairo.
Associated Press writers Julia Frankel and Koral Saeed in Jerusalem, Munir Ahmed in Islamabad, Michelle L.
Price and Konstantin Toropin in Washington, Aamer Madhani in Geneva, Darlene Superville in Evian-les-Bains, France, and Edith M.
Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
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