A boy appears to be like by means of a broken room of the Jabal Amel Hospital right into a destroyed constructing that was hit in an Israeli airstrike within the southern port metropolis of Tyre, Lebanon, June 1, 2026.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Iran says it is suspending talks with U.S. if Israel doesn’t halt its increasing offensive in Lebanon
Iran on Monday introduced it was halting all communications with the usunless Israel stops its increasing army offensive in southern Lebanon, the semi-official Iranian information company Tasnim mentioned.
Referring to Israel, the information company mentioned that “given the continuation of the Zionist regime’s crimes in Lebanon and considering that Lebanon was one of the preconditions for the ceasefire and that this ceasefire has now been violated on all fronts, including Lebanon, the Iranian negotiating team is stopping ‘talks and exchange of texts through a mediator.'”
It demanded an finish to the “aggressive and brutal army operations in Gaza and Lebanon” and known as for Israel’s “complete withdrawal from the occupied areas in Lebanon.”
There was no quick affirmation from senior Iranian officers that diplomatic messages – principally relayed through Pakistan between the combatants – have been being suspended.
The Iranian announcement got here shortly after Israel’s army warned residents of Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, a stronghold of the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah — to go away forward of deliberate air strikes. Hours later, these assaults had but to be launched.
President Trump took to Reality Social within the wake of the Iranian declaration to say that he had spoken to each Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and, through intermediaries, to Hezbollah leaders, and mentioned he had secured pledges to finish the preventing that has left the ceasefire in tatters.
“I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back. Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel,” Trump wrote on the social media platform he owns.
He later added that “Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
There was no quick response to his posts from Iran.
However Netanyahu issued an announcement saying the Israeli army would “continue operating in southern Lebanon as planned.”
“I spoke this evening with President Trump and told him that if Hezbollah does not stop attacking our cities and civilians, Israel will strike terrorist targets in Beirut,” he mentioned.
“Our position remains unchanged,” he added.
Oil costs put strain on Trump
Trump has been underneath rising strain to resolve the stalemate that has left the Strait of Hormuz closed for months. Earlier than the U.S. and Israel launched their struggle on Iran three months in the past, a fifth of the world’s oil provide handed by means of the strategic waterway. That visitors has all however floor to a halt underneath competing U.S. and Iranian blockades, sending costs across the globe hovering.
Trump had appeared like he was assured about talks with Iran earlier within the day, when he posted on Reality Social that “Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A.” He went on to say, “Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end – It always does!”
The U.S. and Iran mentioned final week they have been near a tentative 60-day ceasefire extension and framework to begin talks to finish the struggle, however the settlement remains to be ready on Trump’s approval.
Israel has occupied big areas of southern Lebanon, displacing greater than 1,000,000 folks there. The Israeli army has additionally stepped up air strikes in Gaza, the place a ceasefire was declared seven months in the past. Israel says it’s concentrating on Hamas militants who attacked Israel in October 2023. However the bombings have additionally claimed scores of civilian lives.
When the ceasefire was declared final October, Israeli forces occupied round half of Gaza’s territory. That space has elevated since then to 60percent%, and Netanyahu mentioned final week that the Israeli army would quickly be claiming 70% of Gaza.
