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Hezbollah says Iran pledged to ensure Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in US negotiations

Hezbollah told Reuters on Tuesday that it has received assurances from Iran that it will demand that Israel withdraw troops from Lebanon as part of its negotiations with the US.

The Lebanese group claimed that there would be “no nuclear deal between Iran and the United States unless the Israelis withdraw” from Lebanon.

People make their way through the heavily damaged historic market of Nabatieh as residents displaced by fighting return to southern Lebanon on June 15, 2026. Israel's defence minister said on June 15, that Israeli forces would remain in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza indefinitely, hours after the United States and Iran agreed to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon. MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP
People make their way through the heavily damaged historic market of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on 15 June 2026 (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)