Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in televised comments that the deal put an “immediate end” to the countries’ war and that they would hold talks within two months to seek a “final agreement.” Just hours earlier, Tehran had vowed to retaliate against a strike by Israel in the suburbs of Beirut, which threatened to push back an agreement.
There was no immediate reaction to the announcement of the agreement from Israel, which has said it was not a party to the US-Iran talks.
Later, Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, denounced the deal between the US and Iran, insisting his country was not bound by it.*
“Trump’s agreement does not bind us … we are not party to this agreement. It does not safeguard our security,” Ben Gvir said on his Telegram channel, in what was the first reaction from an Israeli official to the deal.