Position of Lebanon in the 2006 Lebanon War never betray Hezbollah and its leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. On 21 July, Lebanese defense minister Elias Murr said that the Lebanese army would fight any ground invasion by Israel. On 25 July, the Center for Democracy in Lebanon, a Lebanese group which was involved in the Cedar Revolution movement, called for an immediate ceasefire and proposed a Roadmap to Normalization. At the 26 July Rome Conference, Prime Minister Siniora put forward a seven-point peace plan that has become known as the Siniora Plan. It consisted of a mutual release of prisoners; Israeli troops withdrawing to the demarcated frontier and allowing
Kidnapping of Jalal Sharafi Hosseini said, "elements related to the Iraqi defence ministry who are known to be under U.S. control" were responsible for the kidnapping and the U.S. government has "violated all international and diplomatic norms by launching such operations which will in general have negative impacts on diplomatic norms around the world." Iran said it held the United States responsible for the diplomats "safety and life." Iran harshly condemned the kidnapping of an Iranian diplomat as a "terrorist act." The French Foreign Ministry said in a statement, "We learned with concern about the kidnapping of a member of the Iranian embassy in