US Never Agreed to Include Lebanon in the Iran Ceasefire, Vance Says

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and a team of negotiators are set to conduct peace talks with Iran this weekend.

Rescue team works at a damaged building in the Barbour neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, after an Israeli strike on Hezbollah targets on April 8, 2026. Nael Chahine/Middle East Images via AFP via Getty Images

The United States has not agreed to include Lebanon as part of its ceasefire agreement with Iran, U.S. Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Wednesday while on a state visit to Budapest, Hungary.

“I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn’t. We never made that promise. We never indicated that was going to be the case,” Vance said.