Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says there will be “no peace in the region” without Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanese territory, Al Jazeera reports.

“Our initial condition for accepting a ceasefire in the regional war has been a ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon,” the IRGC says in a statement shared by Iran’s Tasnim news agency.

“The enemy must urgently stop its attacks on the Lebanese people, and immediately withdraw behind international borders by evacuating the occupied territories of Lebanon, and recognise the territorial integrity of Lebanon.”

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