Ghalibaf says Lebanon ceasefire will be result of efforts by ‘Axis of Resistance’

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appears to try to capitalize on reports of a brewing ceasefire in Lebanon by insisting that it is the result of Tehran’s insistence on such a truce being part of the one reached between the US and the Islamic Republic.

“The completion and consolidation of a comprehensive ceasefire in Lebanon will be the result of the resistance and steadfast struggle of the great Hezbollah and the unity of the Axis of Resistance,” Ghalibaf says in a statement posted to X.

“The United States must comply with the agreement. Resistance and Iran are one soul, both in war and in ceasefire. America should withdraw from ‘Israel First’ mistake,” he adds.

Iran insists that Lebanon was supposed to be included in the ceasefire reached last week between Washington and Tehran. The US has argued otherwise and says such a result should only come out of talks between Israel and Lebanon.

Ghalibaf has been leading the negotiations with the US on behalf of Iran.