{"id":678545,"date":"2026-06-01T21:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/678545\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:15:17","slug":"tehran-suspends-talks-with-u-s-over-israeli-attacks-in-lebanon-iranian-media-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/678545\/","title":{"rendered":"Tehran suspends talks with U.S. over Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Iranian media reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

TEHRAN, Iran \u2014 Iran <\/a>on Monday suspended high-stakes negotiations with the United States to protest Israel\u2019s expanding military offensive in Lebanon<\/a>, according to government-aligned media, complicating efforts to end the three-month war.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Iranian negotiating team will suspend \u2018talks and the exchange of texts through mediators,\u2019\u201d the semiofficial news agency Tasnim reported.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said in a statement Monday that the U.S. \u201cbears direct responsibility both for the violations of the ceasefire against Iran and for the violations committed by the Zionist regime against Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Monday afternoon, President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social<\/a> that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and representatives from Hezbollah. He said that no troops would go to Beirut. <\/p>\n

\u201cI 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,\u201d he wrote. \u201cLikewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop \u2014 That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lebanese embassy in Washington issued a statement<\/a> on Wednesday afternoon noting that Hezbollah had accepted the terms of a U.S. proposal \u201cfor a mutual cessation of attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the proposed arrangement, Israeli strikes on Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs would cease in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from attacks against Israel,\u201d the embassy said in the statement. \u201cThe ceasefire would then be expanded to encompass all Lebanese territory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The embassy also said in the statement that Trump had contacted the Lebanese ambassador to the U.S. to tell her that Netanyahu had agreed to the arrangement.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu later posted on X <\/a>that the Israel Defense Forces would strike Beirut if Hezbollah attacks do not stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 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,\u201d Netanyahu wrote in the post. \u201cThis remains our position. At the same time, the IDF will continue operating as planned in southern Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ebrahim Azizi , the head of the national security commission of the Iranian parliament, said in a post on X<\/a> that continued attacks in Lebanon could lead to a military response from Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the attacks against Lebanon do not stop completely, the consequences will be severe for the Zionist regime and U.S. forces in the region,\u201d Azizi wrote in the post. \u201cThey are fully aware that this is not an empty threat, and we are prepared for a military response.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump also claimed on Truth Social<\/a> without evidence that \u201cTalks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump earlier told NBC News he had not been informed of the decision to suspend negotiations ahead of time but that \u201cI think it\u2019s fine if they\u2019re done talking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an appropriate thing to say, because they\u2019re better negotiators than they are fighters,\u201d he said in a brief phone call. \u201cBut they haven\u2019t informed us of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019re going to go and start dropping bombs all over there,\u201d added Trump, who said Friday he would soon decide on a proposed deal to extend an ostensible ceasefire agreed to in early April. \u201cWe\u2019ll keep the blockade.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cIf they don\u2019t want to talk, that\u2019s OK with me. I think it\u2019s fine. I don\u2019t particularly want to talk either. We talk too much.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CivilCivil defense workers inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Sunday.Kawant Haju \/ AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Tasnim earlier reported that Tehran would consider a full closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial shipping route that carried a fifth of the world\u2019s oil supply before the war, and choking other waterways, including the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, with the aim of punishing Israel and its supporters.<\/p>\n

Esmail Ghaani, the head of the Quds Force, the branch of Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards that operates outside of the country\u2019s borders, said Monday that continued Israeli operations in Lebanon and Gaza would lead to the \u201cAxis of Resistance,\u201d the group of regional militias allied with Iran, blocking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.<\/p>\n

These armed groups would \u201ctake action to activate other fronts and make the traffic situation in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait comparable to that of the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d Ghaani said in comments posted on Telegram<\/a> by Iranian state TV.<\/p>\n

Oil prices surged more than $6 per barrel after Tasnim\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

The U.S. military and Iran exchanged strike<\/a>s over the weekend and into Monday, the latest outburst of violence amid the truce. <\/p>\n

Despite the truce, Israel has been pressing ahead with a military offensive in Lebanon<\/a>, with its forces marking their deepest incursion into the country in 26 years over the weekend. On Monday, Netanyahu ordered attacks on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut<\/a>, signaling further escalation.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel started the war, which has since killed thousands of people, mostly in Iran and Lebanon, as well as 13 U.S. service members. It has also sent global energy prices soaring after Iran responded by effectively shutting down the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Negotiations over a peace deal had been ongoing amid disagreements on several issues, including the future of Iran\u2019s nuclear and missile programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TEHRAN, Iran \u2014 Iran on Monday suspended high-stakes negotiations with the United States to protest Israel\u2019s expanding military…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-678545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}