[News] Iran vows harsh response if 'Israel' does not halt Lebanon aggression

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Iran vows harsh response if 'Israel' does not halt Lebanon aggression
Al Mayadeen English
June 17, 2026
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Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters warns the Israeli occupation of a
harsh response if it does not halt its aggression in South Lebanon, citing
84 ceasefire violations in two days.

   - [image: Returning southern Lebanese hold Iranian and Hezbollah flags
   as they pass by a destroyed building that was hit in a previous Israeli
   airstrike in the southern village of Chehabiyeh, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 16,
   2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)]
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   Returning southern Lebanese hold Iranian and Hezbollah flags as they pass
   by a destroyed building that was hit in a previous Israeli airstrike in the
   southern village of Chehabiyeh, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP
   Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters warned Tuesday that the Israeli army
should expect a "harsh response" from Iran's mighty armed forces if it does
not halt its aggression in South Lebanon.

"If the Zionist entity's army does not cease its aggression in south
Lebanon, it should expect a harsh response from Iran's mighty armed
forces," the statement read.

The headquarters said the IOF had violated the ceasefire in south Lebanon
84 times over the past two days, despite US President Donald Trump's
announcement of an end to the war, and continues to "commit crimes and
massacres against the oppressed Lebanese people."
'Israel' kills 4 in Mayfadoun double-tap

The warning comes after Israeli occupation forces killed four people
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--kills-4-in-mayfadoun-double-tap--bombs-cars-in-sout>
and wounded several others in a series of attacks on the town of Mayfadoun
in south Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon, including a deliberate second strike
on residents who had gathered at the scene of an earlier attack.

According to *Al Mayadeen's* correspondent in South Lebanon, IOF first
bombed a car in Mayfadoun before attacking the same area again after
residents had gathered.

A second car in the town was then bombed, followed by a third car in the
nearby town of Shoukin, bringing the total to three vehicles struck and one
gathering of civilians hit.
Lebanon part of MoU

Senior Iranian and Lebanese officials had pressed guarantor states to
enforce Israeli compliance with the memorandum of understanding reached
with the United States.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi reiterated Tuesday that
the MoU contains an explicit clause calling for an end to military
operations across all fronts, including Lebanon, warning that continued
Israeli ceasefire violations would trigger the mechanism
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iran--mou-mechanism-will-activate-if--israel--breaks-lebanon>
outlined in the agreement.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/araghchi--israeli-occupation-of-lebanese-land-a-violation-of>
stressed that ending the war on Lebanon is an inseparable part of any
complete cessation of hostilities, and that the continued occupation of
Lebanese territory now constitutes a violation of the MoU.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Iranian Parliament Speaker
Mohammad Ghalibaf held a phone call on Tuesday, urging guarantor states to
take concrete responsibility for compelling "Israel" to withdraw from all
occupied Lebanese territories.

The two officials
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/berri--ghalibaf-call-on-us-to-ensure-israeli-withdrawal-from>
called for an immediate halt to the destruction of Lebanese villages and
demanded respect for Lebanese sovereignty, stressing that the United States
and other guarantor parties must ensure full Israeli compliance with the
agreement.
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