Beirut, Oct. 17 -- Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh has underlined that a complete halt to the war on every front remains essential for peace, warning that any ongoing fighting in one area would keep the war alive throughout the region.

According to the state-run IRNA news agency, citing Lebanon's Al Mayadeen television network, Khatibzadeh said Iran remained committed to ending the Israeli war on Lebanon and had secured this objective in the Islamabad memorandum of understanding, which Iran and the United States signed in mid-June this year. He said Lebanon was among the key issues discussed between Iran and the US, adding that he sought to bring the two sides closer during his visit to Beirut.

The senior Iranian offici...