Iran, Lebanon and Pakistan stress deal to end Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon essential to wider peace.

The speaker of Iran's Parliament Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf told his Lebanese counterpart that his country was not forgotten and that Tehran considered achieving an agreement to end Israel's ongoing war with Hezbollah in Lebanon as important as its own ceasefire with the U.S.

The office of Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said earlier that, in his phone call with Qalibaf, both men stressed the necessity of achieving a ceasefire in Lebanon as a priority for regional peace and stability.

Qalibaf told Berri, according to a readout of his phone call from Iranian state media, that during the previous round of U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad and afterwards, efforts have continued toward a lasting ceasefire "across all conflict zones in accordance with agreed frameworks, emphasizing that a ceasefire in Lebanon is as important to Iran as a ceasefire in Iran itself."

The spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan, which has acted as the primary intermediary between the U.S. and Iran, echoed that sentiment on Thursday.

Spokesman Tahir Andrabi said "peace in Lebanon is essential for (Iran-U.S.) peace talks," according to the Reuters news agency.