Tehran, April 8, (dpa/GNA) – Iran is weighing withdrawing from the agreed two-week ceasefire with the US, over Israeli’s continued strikes on Lebanon, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday, noting shipping had halted in Hormuz in protest.
Fars said only two oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz, before shipping traffic was suspended again in protest.
Fars said, citing an informed source, that Tehran would withdraw in response to ongoing Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hezbollah is regarded as Iran’s most important ally in the region.
Iran and the US, agreed on a two-week ceasefire and the temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz overnight, under a last-ditch deal to avert a massive wave of strikes, threatened by US President, Donald Trump.
The agreement, brokered by Pakistan, has received praise from politicians across the world, but concern remains over the situation in Lebanon.
The Israeli military announced a halt to attacks on Iranian targets, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, Lebanon was not included in the ceasefire.
Fars also reported that an anonymous military representative, threatened Israel with further attacks, if the attacks on Hezbollah continue.
In the view of the Iranian leadership, Israel is violating the ceasefire agreed with the US.
After the ceasefire was announced late on Tuesday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrote on X, that the ceasefire explicitly applied to Lebanon as well.
Hours later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disagreed, saying the ceasefire only covers the conflict between the US and Iran, but not to Israel’s operations against Hezbollah.
The military representative quoted in the Fars report, interpreted the situation as confirming Tehran’s suspicion that either Washington has no influence over the Israeli government, or the US Central Command (Centcom) is tacitly tolerating the Israeli attacks.
GNA