Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday warned that planned negotiations to end the Iran war in Islamabad, Pakistan would be "meaningless" unless Israel committed to a ceasefire in Lebanon.

The U.S. and Iran on Tuesday evening announced a two-week ceasefire to reach a permanent deal to end the war, with negotiations to take place in Islamabad, Pakistan this weekend. Pakistani leadership, which brokered the deal, explicitly stated that Lebanon was included in the ceasefire. The U.S. subsequently denied such an agreement, leading to denunciations from the Iranian side.

"The repeated aggression by the Zionist entity against Lebanon is a flagrant violation of the initial ceasefire agreement and a dangerous indicator of deceit and lack of commitment to potential accords," Pezeshkian said. "The continuation of these aggressions will render negotiations meaningless; our hands will remain on the trigger, and Iran will never abandon its Lebanese brothers and sisters."

Israel and Iranian proxy Hezbollah are currently engaged in heavy fighting in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah entered the war last month, defying analyst predictions they would remain on the sidelines after sustaining losses from previous clashes with Israel.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.