Iran, France heads of states discuss ceasefire in Lebanon

The Presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian and his French counterpart Emanuel Macron in a telephone conversation discussed ways to establish a ceasefire in Lebanon.

News ID: 5256

Date: 14 October 2024 - 12:45

TABNAK, Oct, 14: The tensions between Southern Lebanon and northern Israeli-occupied territories of Palestine escalated as the Israeli regime launched air raids on southern Dahiya of Beirut and assassinated the leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and several commanders of the movement on September 26, 2024.

Pezeshkian stressed that the Islamic Republic has always been seeking a region free of war and welcoming truce and told Macron:

"Even after the Zionist regime's cowardly assassination of Martyr Haniyeh in Tehran, we practiced self-restrain for a while with a cease-fire promised by the leaders of Western countries in the hope to prevent the killing of innocent people; But, intensifying the bombing of Gaza and extending it to Lebanon, the Zionists showed that they do not adhere to any humanitarian framework and international law."

He called on Macron as the President of France to persuade the leaders of the European countries to exert pressure on the Israeli regime to put an end to the genocide it has launched in Gaza and Lebanon.

France recently decided to stop sending arms to the Israeli regime.