Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday that a Lebanon ceasefire was one of the key conditions of Iran’s 10-point plan for securing an end to the Middle East conflict.
Pezeshkian told French President Emmanuel Macron in a phone call that Tehran’s “acceptance of the ceasefire is a clear sign of Iran’s responsibility and serious will to resolve conflicts through diplomacy”.
The statements came after an oil refinery on Iran's Lavan Island was targeted in an attack, which caused a massive fire at the site on Wednesday morning, just hours after the two-week US-Iran ceasefire was reached and took immediate effect. Iran responded with strikes targeting countries that host US bases, including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, and Bahrain.
In Lebanon, Israel launched multiple strikes on over 100 sites, including in capital Beirut. At least 182 people were killed in the strikes and nearly 900 wounded, the highest single-day death toll since the conflict began, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
The United Nations on Wednesday condemned Israel's large-scale attacks in Lebanon, describing reports of casualties, which included civilians, "horrifying".
These developments threaten to derail the ceasefire plan reached between the US and Iran and put pressure on upcoming Pakistan-mediated negotiations scheduled for later this week in Islamabad.
