Israel's security cabinet will convene tomorrow at 19:30 Jerusalem time, a day after the planned electronic signing of the US-Iran agreement, according to reports. Separately, Iran's Foreign Minister made his most explicit statement yet linking a Lebanon settlement to the deal, telling a reporter that 'what can be said — Lebanon is in the agreement.'
Israel's narrow security cabinet will hold a session tomorrow at 19:30 Jerusalem time, one day after the planned electronic signing of the US-Iran agreement that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia confirmed on Saturday. The agenda was not specified, but the timing points to a review of the agreement's implications as the deal enters its final stage. This meeting updates the earlier announcement from 19:30 Jerusalem time (earlier this evening) that the cabinet would convene tonight — a plan that was then shifted to tomorrow.
The cabinet had previously met on June 12 at 19:40 Jerusalem time for discussions on new details and remaining gaps in the emerging accord, as The Zioneer reported at the time. That session followed a broader review on June 11 at 15:02 Jerusalem. Tomorrow's meeting now comes against the backdrop of consecutive developments this evening: the rescheduled cabinet session and a significant new statement from Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made a notable statement this evening, telling an interviewer: "What can be said — Lebanon is in the agreement." The remark is the most direct linkage yet between the US-Iran MOU and an end to hostilities on Israel's northern border, though no details were provided on what form that inclusion takes. Tehran has been pushing to include a Lebanon ceasefire in the memorandum, according to a Reuters report published at 15:56 Jerusalem on June 12.
What remains unclear: whether the Security Cabinet's discussion will address the Lebanon linkage directly, and whether the Iranian minister's statement reflects a finalized diplomatic text or a negotiating position.
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