Tehran, April 9 -- Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh speaking to BBC, called Israel's attacks on Lebanon on Wednesday "a grave violation" of the ceasefire agreement, and said US must choose "between war and ceasefire - you cannot have it both at the same time," as Washington has towed Tel Aviv's position, maintaining that Lebanon was never formally mentioned in the ceasefire.
"You cannot ask for a ceasefire and then accept terms and conditions, accept areas the ceasefire is applied to, and name Lebanon, exactly Lebanon in that, and then your ally just start a massacre," Khatibzadeh said.
Refusing the charge that Iran was directing, or otherwise had role in Hezbollah's attacks on Israel, Khatibzadeh said "it is quite clear t...