Iran may withdraw from ceasefire with U.S. over Israel’s ongoing attacks in Lebanon, Iranian news agency says

Iran’s Tasnim news agency, a semi-official outlet closely linked with the country’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, cited an anonymous “senior security source” as saying Wednesday that Tehran could pull out of the ceasefire agreement with the U.S. if Israel continues attacking Lebanon.

While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel did not consider its war against Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon to be part of the U.S.-Iran agreement, the 10-point Iranian proposal that President Trump called a “workable basis on which to negotiate” when he announced the deal does include that parallel conflict.

According to an English version of a statement by Iran’s Supreme National Security Council posted online by Tasnim, the 10 points include “stopping the war on all fronts, including against the heroic Lebanese Islamic resistance [Hezbollah].”

Tasnim quoted its source as saying Wednesday that Tehran was “assessing the possibility of exiting the deal should the Israeli regime persist in its breaches.”

“Israel has launched brutal attacks on Lebanon since this morning, flagrantly violating the agreement,” Tasnim said.