Iran Links Any US Agreement to Lebanon Ceasefire as UN Security Council Prepares Emergency Session
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry stated on June 1 that a ceasefire in Lebanon must precede any deal with the United States. The remarks came during a weekly briefing by spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, with Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf also posting on the topic. A US naval blockade of Iranian ports has been in place since April 13 following earlier US-Israeli strikes and an April 8 ceasefire.