New Delhi, June 17 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday (local time) said any peace deal with the United States must include Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon. Tel Aviv has already rejected the condition, a stance that could jeopardize the agreement and risk a return to full-scale war.

Araghchi's remarks came as Washington and Tehran work to finalize a memorandum of understanding to end months of conflict. He added that Israel's continued occupation of Lebanese territory would breach the deal, adding, "Without the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territories they occupied during this war, the war has not fully come to an end."

The US-Iran peace deal has not yet been made public. Officials have sometime...