Iranian Foreign Minister: Any Attack on Beirut Will Trigger 'Full Resumption of War'

(Patria) - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that any attack on Beirut would trigger a "full resumption" of the Middle East war, AFP reported.

Iran has repeatedly insisted that any agreement to end the broader Middle East war, which its ally Hezbollah joined on March 2, must also halt the fighting in Lebanon.

"The fate of the war between Iran and the Zionists (Israel) and the Americans is inseparable from the fate of the battle in Lebanon, and these two fronts have been intertwined from the first day," Araghchi told Lebanon's Al Mayadeen TV, Iranian news agencies reported.

"Any attack on Beirut will have severe consequences and lead to a full resumption of war," he continued, adding that Iran's "armed forces are ready to attack Israel if it attacks Beirut."

He insisted that Israeli forces must leave Lebanon for the war to end.

"The end of the war in Lebanon also means the end of the occupation. That is, the end of the war must be accompanied by the withdrawal of the forces of the Zionist regime from the areas they have occupied," he said.