{"id":638627,"date":"2026-06-14T18:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/638627\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T18:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:12:12","slug":"lets-not-blow-it-trump-says-after-tehran-warns-israeli-strike-on-beirut-risks-us-iran-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/638627\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Let&#8217;s not blow it!&#8217; Trump says after Tehran warns Israeli strike on Beirut risks US-Iran deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/core\/website\/assets\/static\/news\/incident-types\/light-mode\/analysis.77b314ef10.svg\" alt=\"Analysis\" height=\"2.5rem\" width=\"9.8125rem\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-h608ny-ContributorImageComponent e2hr5uu0\"\/>US-Iran deal at risk of derailing as Lebanon remains major obstaclepublished at 16:46 BST<\/p>\n<p>16:46 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/51fa9ff5-f9e4-44dc-9cbc-5510b7a165fb.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Hugo Bachega<br \/>Middle East correspondent in Beirut<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lebanon had already become a major obstacle for a deal between the US and Iran, and the Israeli attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut, where the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah is based, can further complicate those efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Iran insists that any truce should also include the end of the war here, something that has been rejected by Israel, which appears to have been sidelined in the negotiations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Israeli officials say the conflict against Hezbollah is separate to the one in Iran and, in Israel, there is public support for the war in Lebanon to continue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If Iran is successful in linking the two arenas, Israel may be forced to stop its military activities in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Many will say the timing of this attack, which Israel says was in response to Hezbollah\u2019s attacks against northern Israel, was no coincidence, amid the expectation of the possible signing of the deal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People clean up near the site of an apartment targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/442d596d-60d9-4c69-8539-c09eec8b2ee6.jpg.webp\"  width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, EPA\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The full text has not been released \u2013 in fact, we still do not know if it all its terms have been agreed by both sides &#8211; but there seems to be a consensus in Israel that this is a setback for the country: the military successes do not appear to have been translated into something that can be seen as a strategic victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Based on leaks of the deal, an Israeli military official described it as \u201cvery bad\u201d and \u201ccatastrophic\u201d to the country\u2019s Ma\u2019ariv newspaper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A defence official told N12 \u201cnone of the goals set by Israel have received an immediate response in the agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Finally, Iran had vowed to respond to any strike on Beirut by attacking Israel. 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