U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance speaks to reporters before boarding Air Force Two to return to Washington, at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport in Budapest, Hungary, on April 8, 2026.
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U.S.Vice-President J.D. Vance on Wednesday (April 8, 2026) said Tehran’s negotiators thought the U.S.-Iran ceasefire agreed to on Tuesday (April 7, 2026) included Lebanon, but the U.S. had in fact not agreed to that.
“I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn’t,” Mr. Vance told reporters in Budapest.
The U.S. position was that the ceasefire would focus on Iran and U.S. allies, including Israel and the Gulf Arab states, he added. That position contradicts comments by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a key intermediary in the U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks, who had said the truce would include Lebanon. Mr. Vance said Israel had agreed to show restraint in Lebanon, without providing details.
Published – April 09, 2026 02:10 am IST
