Jerusalem Post / Middle East / Iran News Iranian FM says US must choose between ceasefire, supporting Israeli action against Hezbollah Aragchi claimed that the terms of the ceasefire explicitly outline Lebanon’s inclusion in the deal, a claim that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have denied. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026 (photo credit: REUTERS/PIERRE ALBOUY) By GOLDIE KATZ APRIL 8, 2026 22:06 Updated: APRIL 8, 2026 22:40 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called on the United States to choose between maintaining a temporary ceasefire agreement with Iran and continuing to support Israel’s war against Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah in a post on X/Twitter on Wednesday.
“The US must choose – ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both,” Araghchi asserted.
Aragchi claimed that the terms of the ceasefire explicitly outline Lebanon’s inclusion in the deal, a claim that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have denied.
Iranian parliament speaker echoes claims of ceasefire violation Iran’s Parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, also took to social media to make similar complaints, accusing the US of having already violated three clauses outlined in the Iranian 10-point proposal that the ceasefire deal was based on.
“The deep historical distrust we hold toward the United States stems from its repeated violations of all forms of commitments…. has regrettably been repeated once again,” Ghalibaf claimed in a statement released on X/Twitter.
He claimed the US violated Lebanon’s inclusion in the ceasefire, citing an assertion from Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, in addition to claiming that Iranian airspace had been violated since the ceasefire went into effect.
Ghalibaf also decried the US for “denial of Iran’s right to enrichment,” an issue that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated is a “red line” that Trump is unwilling to back away from during a press conference about the deal.