Iran says Israel must pull troops out of Lebanon under deal with U.S.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday that the continuing beingness of Israeli forces successful Lebanon would beryllium a usurpation of the U.S.-Iran statement acceptable to beryllium signed connected Friday.

Speaking to overseas diplomats successful Tehran successful remarks aired connected authorities TV, Araghchi said: "When we reached a ceasefire, we declared it crossed each fronts, with peculiar accent connected Lebanon …  Any continued concern of Lebanese territory volition beryllium regarded by america arsenic a usurpation of the memorandum of understanding."

Araghchi said Iran considered Israel, and the Hezbollah radical Israel has fought for months successful Lebanon, parties to the statement struck betwixt the U.S. and Iran.

"An important constituent I privation to stress is that, successful our view, the 2 parties to this memorandum of knowing are the United States and Israel connected 1 side, and Iran and Hezbollah connected the other," Araghchi told the diplomats.

Lebanese service deploys successful the country arsenic Lebanese residents instrumentality to their homes pursuing the statement reached betwixt the U.S. and Iran successful Froun territory of Nabatieh, Lebanon, June 15, 2026. Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu/Getty

On Monday, Israeli officials said troops would stay successful a wide conception of confederate Lebanon that they person efficaciously occupied implicit the past 3 and a fractional months, forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate. 

"Trump's statement does not hindrance us," Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Monday. 

Vice President JD Vance denied connected Monday that Iran volition person "billions of dollars of assets" arsenic portion of the U.S.-Iran woody that was announced Sunday and is acceptable to beryllium signed aboriginal this week. 

"When radical accidental that billions of dollars of assets volition beryllium released, that's not true," Vance said connected "CBS Mornings." "What is existent is that Iran volition person a overmuch amended and overmuch much prosperous aboriginal if they conscionable the obligations they marque successful this agreement."

The U.S. has yet to merchandise the presumption of the agreement. But Iran's almighty Revolutionary Guard said Monday that nether the agreement, the state volition person $24 cardinal successful frozen funds during the 60-day last dialog period, of which fractional indispensable beryllium made disposable earlier last negotiations begin.

Pressed connected the anticipation of unfreezing Iranian assets, Vance said portion "we're unfastened to a batch of things that are connected the table," the $24 cardinal fig "just doesn't look anyplace successful immoderate of the texts that we've talked astir with the Iranians."

President Trump wrote connected Truth Social that "the communicative that the U.S. is paying Iran 300 cardinal Dollars is Fake News, enactment retired by the Dumocrats!!!"

The president appeared to beryllium referring to reports that Iran could get entree to $300 cardinal to rebuild arsenic portion of the memorandum of knowing it inked with the United States implicit the weekend. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Monday the woody requires the U.S. and its allies to contiguous postwar reconstruction plans successful astatine slightest that magnitude — though it's unclear whether the wealth would travel from the U.S. oregon different sources.

Vice President JD Vance — who has helped pb the Trump administration's diplomatic propulsion with Iran — has not ruled retired a reconstruction fund, but said it would beryllium paid for by Gulf allies. Asked astir the contented connected "CBS Mornings" connected Monday, Vance said the money is "the benignant of happening they could person entree to … truthful agelong arsenic they grant their extremity of the obligation."

Money has emerged arsenic a constituent of contention successful the day-old woody betwixt the 2 countries. Iran has said the statement requires the U.S. to unfreeze billions of dollars successful sanctioned Iranian assets earlier atomic talks betwixt the 2 sides begin, but Vance and different U.S. officials accidental Iran volition not get immoderate sanctions alleviation until it demonstrates compliance.

Vice President JD Vance said connected CNN the memorandum of knowing betwixt the U.S. and Iran is simply a "very wide document," spanning astir a leafage and a half, with knotty details connected the aboriginal of Iran's atomic programme and different issues near for aboriginal talks.

"On a fig of issues, we are going to person to fig this worldly retired during the method dialog phase," Vance told CNN's Jake Tapper, referring to the deal's 60-day model for further talks, which are acceptable to statesman Friday.

Senior U.S. officials told reporters earlier Monday they program to merchandise the afloat substance of the memorandum of knowing successful the adjacent 24 to 48 hours. 

In the short-term, the woody is expected to widen the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, extremity a U.S. naval blockade connected Iranian ports and motorboat negotiations connected Iran's atomic program. But the 2 countries person made conflicting claims astir sanctions relief, with Iran's Revolutionary Guards saying the U.S. is expected to unfreeze billions successful Iranian assets earlier the commencement of talks, portion the U.S. says Iran volition get thing until it complies with the deal.

Vance told CNN the claims astir unfreezing assets arsenic a precondition to talks are "definitely not true," and argued those claims whitethorn person been made by "hardliners" wrong Iran who thin to "overemphasize what Iran gets from the bargain" to entreaty to a home audience.

Vance said Iran could get a "very important sanctions alleviation package," but lone if it meets its obligations.

"There is simply a truly large accidental for the Iranians, but they lone get the payment of that accidental if they bash the things they committedness they're going to do," helium said.

It's besides unclear what signifier a imaginable U.S.-Iran atomic statement mightiness take, oregon whether the 2 sides volition onslaught a woody successful 60 days. And Iran said past week that negotiations volition lone screen atomic issues, with Iran's ballistic rocket programme and its enactment for militant groups similar Hamas and Hezbollah — 2 different large concerns for the U.S. — excluded from talks.

Vance said preventing Iran from processing a atomic limb oregon reconstituting its atomic programme are the astir important issues, but U.S. officials "certainly expect that arsenic portion of our broader statement … Iran is going to halt backing violent organizations." He pointed to a information of the memorandum that said Iran indispensable perpetrate to "regional bid and stability."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed skepticism astir the U.S.-Iran statement and pressed for much information, arguing "it's been astir 24 hours since Trump announced determination was a imaginable woody with Iran, and we inactive don't cognize the details."

"In these high-stakes negotiations, the devil is successful the details, but Trump hasn't adjacent revealed the substance of his quote, understanding, unquote with Iran," the New York Democrat said successful remarks connected the Senate level Monday. "The American radical request to cognize precisely what's successful the deal. Trump indispensable little Congress and the nationalist connected the details of his knowing with Iran instantly and extremity this warfare erstwhile and for all."

Senior U.S. officials said earlier Monday the substance of the U.S.-Iran memorandum of knowing volition beryllium released successful the adjacent 24 to 48 hours.

The apical Senate Democrat besides warned that state prices could stay elevated and Iran could clasp immoderate power implicit the Strait of Hormuz, adding: "Americans are scratching their heads, wondering what we've accomplished successful Iran."

President Trump has projected assurance astir the Iran woody portion gathering with satellite leaders astatine the G7 acme successful Evian-les-Bain, France. He arrived Monday for talks with G7 leaders, including immoderate who person been sharply captious of his absorption of the 15-week struggle that led to a surge successful planetary vigor prices. 

Mr. Trump said helium isn't definite whether he'll be the signing of the statement to extremity the Iran warfare connected Friday, suggesting during a associated quality with French President Emmanuel Macron that helium "may beryllium involved," though Vice President JD Vance "was primitively going to bash it."

The U.S. president has hailed the Iran woody arsenic promising, but not a guarantee.

"Hopefully, it's going to beryllium a bully relationship, and we're going to get along. If we don't, we spell backmost to wherever we started. But I don't deliberation that's going to beryllium necessary," said Mr. Trump. "The Iran woody we made is going to bring a batch of, a batch of occurrence to the world, due to the fact that the lipid was truly clogged up determination for a while."

Trump added that the Strait of Hormuz volition "be wholly opened" connected Friday.