The presidential office’s deputy director for communications and news affairs,
Tabatabaei, said on the 21st that pressing for an end to the Israeli military
operations in Lebanon will be Iran’s negotiation delegation’s chief diplomatic
priority in the next phase. He said unconditional implementation of the first
clause of the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US is critical to
keeping the deal on track, and warned that continued Israeli action in Lebanon
would undermine the credibility of the entire arrangement.
