http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L17233285.htmIran calls for Israel-Lebanon truce, prisoner swap
DAMASCUS, July 17 (Reuters) - Iran called on Monday for a ceasefire followed by a prisoner exchange to end the confrontation between its Lebanese Hizbollah guerrilla allies and Israel.
"A reasonable and just solution must be found to end this crisis. A ceasefire and then a swap is achievable," Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said after meetings with senior Syrian officials in Damascus.
Hizbollah wants to exchange two Israeli soldiers it captured on Wednesday in a cross-border raid for several Lebanese prisoners of war Israel has held for years and a number of the estimated 10,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel would stop its attacks on Lebanon only if the soldiers were released, hinting the Jewish state would not accept conditions.
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