Iranian officials warned on Thursday that the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Tehran could fail due to recent Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
In a post on X, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated that U.S.–Iranian negotiations are under threat due to what he said were “flagrant violations” carried out by Israel in the region, and represent a “violation of the initial ceasefire agreement and a dangerous indicator of deceit and lack of commitment to potential accords.”
“The continuation of these aggressions will render negotiations meaningless; our hands will remain on the trigger, and Iran will never abandon its Lebanese brothers and sisters,” he added.
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire that also reopened the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway that, on a normal day, carries roughly a fifth of the world’s oil. Previously, the president had warned the United States would target Iran’s power plants, bridges, and other civilian infrastructure, while Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that Iran lacked the ability to defend itself from U.S. strikes.
Aside from Pezeshkian, Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, warned on X on Thursday that continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon would bring a response, saying that the ceasefire agreement was extended to Israel and Lebanon.
“Ceasefire violations carry explicit and STRONG responses,” he wrote. “Extinguish the fire immediately.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, said on Thursday that Israel will continue striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon “with force, precision and determination.”
Acknowledging more strikes are coming against the terrorist organization, a top IDF official, Eyal Zamir, wrote in a statement posted to X that the IDF “will continue striking the Hezbollah terror organization and will utilize every operational opportunity” following the U.S. announcement.
“We will not compromise the security of the residents of northern Israel,” the statement reads. “We will continue to strike with determination.”
Several European officials, including French President Emmanuel Macron and European Union foreign policy head Kaja Kallas, have urged Israel to halt the attacks in Lebanon. Macron, in a statement on Wednesday, said that France “condemns in the strongest terms” the strikes in Lebanon.
“Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into the war, but Israel’s right to defend itself does not justify inflicting such massive destruction,” Kallas wrote in a post on X. “Israeli strikes killed hundreds last night, making it hard to argue such heavy-handed actions fall within self-defense.”
The Trump administration has said before and during the conflict that Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon, saying that the five-week-long conflict that started on Feb. 28 was building upon strikes that were launched by the United States and Israel in the summer of 2025 against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Iran has said that its nuclear program is for peaceful, civilian-related purposes, but U.S. officials have long believed the country is attempting to enrich uranium to weapons-grade potential.
On Wednesday, Trump said that the U.S. government would work with Iran to remove uranium that was buried in last year’s U.S. and Israeli strikes. Iran has not issued any public responses to Trump’s comment about the uranium.
The White House did not immediately respond to an Epoch Times request for comment.
