{"id":485404,"date":"2026-06-19T12:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/485404\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:36:14","slug":"us-iran-talks-postponed-as-israeli-military-strikes-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/485404\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Iran talks postponed as Israeli military strikes in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel\u2019s military said Friday its forces struck targets throughout southern Lebanon overnight as Hezbollah reported intense fighting in the area.<\/p>\n

Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency reported at least 16 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes.<\/p>\n

The attacks came as planned talks in Switzerland between Iran and the United States over their efforts to reach a permanent end<\/a> to the Iran war were delayed.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The southern town of Khiam, Lebanon, is seen through a fence near the Lebanon-Israel border, Wednesday, June 10, 2026. (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s occupation of southern Lebanon and its continued attacks on the Iranian-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah has been a key issue in the talks.<\/a><\/p>\n

Israel<\/a> maintains it must continue to hold the territory and have a free hand to battle Hezbollah as it has been launching attacks into northern Israel.<\/p>\n

The talks<\/a> being postponed trip comes after Al-Mayadeen, a pan-Arab satellite channel that is politically allied with Hezbollah, reported that Iran was delaying sending its delegation to Switzerland over ongoing Israel\u2019s military campaign in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

US Vice President JD Vanceput off his trip to Switzerland where he had been set to lead the talks. The White House blamed logistical issues, but the announcement came after a report from Al-Mayadeen, a pan-Arab satellite channel that is politically allied to Hezbollah, that Iran was delaying sending its delegation to Switzerland over Israel\u2019s ongoing military campaign in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump signed the initial pact with Iran on Wednesday while dining with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles, which took immediate effect.<\/p>\n

US President says the agreement prevents an \u2018economic catastrophe\u2019 but one Iranian official calls it a \u201cflag of victory\u201d. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

In comments following the signing, Vance offered a blunt warning to Israel, saying Trump was \u201cthe only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s military said Friday its forces struck targets throughout southern Lebanon overnight as Hezbollah reported intense fighting in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,5107,43,64,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-485404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-north-america","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}