Iran's Parliament Speaker Accuses U.S. of Triple Ceasefire Violations in Lebanon

Less than a day after the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared that three clauses of Iran's 10-point negotiating framework had already been violated, citing continued attacks on Lebanon, a drone in Iranian airspace, and efforts to strip Iran of its uranium enrichment rights.

Ghalibaf released his statement on X shortly after a White House press briefing, accusing the U.S. of breaking the ceasefire. He said Lebanon is included in the framework that was reached, but Israel has continued striking Lebanese territory since the agreement went into effect Tuesday night.

The breaches, he said, included the violation of a ceasefire in Lebanon, the entry of an "intruding drone" into Iranian airspace, and the denial of Iran's right to uranium enrichment. The drone was destroyed in the city of Lar in Fars Province, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirming the incident.

On the uranium question, Ghalibaf claimed the framework granted Iran the right to enrich, a position Trump has flatly denied. The dispute over enrichment goes to the heart of the two countries' core disagreements and underscores how differently Washington and Tehran are reading the terms of the truce they just signed.

Ghalibaf wrote on X: "The deep historical distrust we hold toward the United States stems from its repeated violations of all forms of commitments — a pattern that has regrettably been repeated once again." He added: "Now, the very 'workable basis on which to negotiate' has been openly and clearly violated, even before the negotiations began. In such a situation, a bilateral ceasefire or negotiations is unreasonable."

Ghalibaf spoke as negotiations between the two countries were scheduled to begin Friday in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. The accusations threaten to derail those talks before they start, with the two sides already at odds over whether Lebanon falls within the ceasefire's scope and whether Iran retains enrichment rights under any future agreement.

Lebanon's death toll surpassed 200 following Israel's continued military campaign, even as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire was supposedly in effect. An Israeli strike killed eight people in Sidon as fighting in the south continued despite the announced truce. Trump and Netanyahu have both maintained that Lebanon is not part of the ceasefire arrangement, a position Ghalibaf directly contradicted in his Wednesday statement.

The competing interpretations leave the fragile truce in serious doubt, with Iran's most senior legislative official now on record declaring that meaningful negotiations, under current conditions, cannot proceed.