India, April 9 -- US Vice President JD Vance said on Wednesday that Iran's negotiators appeared to believe the US-Iran ceasefire agreed on Tuesday included Lebanon, but Washington had not agreed to that.

"I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it just didn't," he said, according to Reuters.

He added that the agreement was intended to focus on Iran and US allies. "What we said is that the ceasefire would be focused on Iran, and the ceasefire would be focused on America's allies, both Israel and the Gulf Arab states," he said.

This comes as Israel launched its deadliest strikes on Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah began last month, killing more ...