TEHRAN – Iran’s parliament has issued a statement refuting a recent report in a French newspaper that claimed Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf had offered to negotiate a ceasefire in Lebanon. 

The Parliament insisted that the French publication misrepresented the speaker's remarks, asserting that he did not suggest Iran would be a party in any potential negotiations involving Lebanon. 

“The views expressed by the parliament speaker regarding the current situation in Lebanon align with his previous statements made during the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly and his recent trip to Lebanon,” the statement read. 

Qalibaf has said multiple times during public addresses that Iran will support Lebanon and the Lebanese people in every decision they make, as the Arab country continues to get targeted by the Israeli regime. 

Le Figaro, in an exclusive interview this week, reported that the Iranian official expressed a potential willingness to "engage in discussions with France" regarding the implementation of UN Resolution 1701, which mandates that only the Lebanese army is permitted to operate in southern Lebanon.

In its statement published on Friday, the Iranian parliament said the French paper’s portrayal of Qalibaf’s remarks is “entirely inaccurate.”