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Iran threatens to pull out of ceasefire agreement with US unless Israel doesn't stop its attacks on Lebanon against Hezbollah

Tehran, Apr 8 (UNI) Iran has threatened to pull out of the ceasefire agreement reached with the US, if Israel continues its unrelenting attacks on Lebanon, reports the IRGC-backed semi-official Tasnim news agency, citing an anonymous "senior security source."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday had clarified that Tel Aviv did not consider its war with the Iran-sponsored Hezbollah Islamist militia in Lebanon to be part of the US-Iran ceasefire, the 10-point Iranian proposal that President Trump called a "workable basis on which to negotiate" when he announced the deal, which does include that parallel conflict.
However, as per an English translated version of a statement by Iran's Supreme National Security Council posted online by Tasnim, the 10 points also include "stopping the war on all fronts, including against the heroic Lebanese Islamic resistance [Hezbollah]."
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