ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday welcomed the memorandum of understanding announced between Washington and Tehran, praising the inclusion of an end to the Israeli aggression in Lebanon as a “binding clause” in the agreement.

The United States and Iran reached a landmark “peace deal,” aimed at the “immediate and permanent” end to hostilities, mediator Pakistan announced early Monday, with the agreement set to be signed on Friday in Switzerland.

In a statement published by the Berri’s Amal Movement’s media page on X, the parliament speaker lauded the efforts and mediation undertaken by Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt to help reach the agreement.

He said the understanding “lays the foundations for security and stability in the region, including Lebanon.”

Lebanon has been one of the major sticking point throughout negotiations, as Iran has insisted on the country’s inclusion in any ceasefire that takes place, while Israel has continued its operations against its neighbor to the north.

Heavy Israeli bombardment of southern Beirut suburbs on Sunday that killed at least three people and injured several others particularly jeopardized the emerging agreement, as the deal neared its final stages, risking Iran withdrawing from the deal.

Berri thanked Iran and the United States and their leaderships for insisting on including what he described as a “fundamental and binding clause in the memorandum” calling for an “end to Israeli aggression against all of Lebanon.”

He said the provision would help “preserve Lebanon’s sovereignty over its entire territory without contradicting the independence and freedom of its national and sovereign decision.”

Berri added that the agreement would help Lebanon avoid “the trap set by the Israeli political leadership led by [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu.”

US President Donald Trump was reportedly enraged by Israel’s Sunday attacks on Beirut, telling Axios reporter Barak Ravid in a phone call that he was “so pissed off” by the aggression, while lashing out at Netanyahu.

Iran condemned Israel’s aggression as a “gross violation” of the an April ceasefire between the US, Israel and Iran, highlighting the “direct responsibility” of Washington for Tel Aviv’s repeated violations of the ceasefire against Lebanon and Iran.

Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir on Monday rejected the agreement, saying Israel was “not partners in this agreement” and insisting that there should be no compromise on “less than the dismantling of Hezbollah.”

Israel accused Hezbollah of launching attacks on northern Israeli territory on Sunday morning prior to the Beirut attacks, posing the Lebanese group as the initial aggressor.