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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/world/middleeast/jd-vance-lebanon-iran-cease-fire.html
Vice President Vance Says Lebanon Was Never Part of Ceasefire Deal
(New York Times) Chris Cameron - Vice President JD Vance accused Iran of jeopardizing peace negotiations over Israel's continued bombardment of Hizbullah, insisting that the current ceasefire agreement with the U.S. had never included Lebanon. "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. What we said is that the ceasefire would be focused on Iran and the ceasefire would be focused on America's allies." "If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart, in a conflict where they were getting hammered, over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them, and which the U.S. never once said was part of the ceasefire, that's ultimately their choice. We think that would be dumb."