Ceasefire very likely to end if Israeli attacks on Lebanon persist, Iranian TV says
Iran halts indirect U.S. talks, warning that Israeli strikes on Lebanon threaten to shatter the fragile ceasefire.
- On Monday, Iran suspended indirect peace negotiations with the United States, citing Israel's intensifying military campaign in Lebanon as President Donald Trump moved to intervene to keep diplomatic channels open.
- Iranian officials declared the April 8 truce "unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts," stating that previous preconditions regarding Lebanon were violated as Israel issued evacuation warnings for Beirut's southern suburbs.
- Military escalations intensified over the weekend as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the seizure of Beaufort Castle as a "dramatic shift," while Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad B. Ghalibaf warned of "direct confrontation."
- Despite the diplomatic freeze, Trump expressed optimism on Monday, stating "Iran really wants to make a deal" and reporting productive discussions that suggest diplomatic efforts to end the war remain active.
- Tehran and its regional allies placed a "complete blockade of the Strait of Hormuz" on their active agenda, while also targeting commercial shipping in the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the Red Sea entrance.
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Iranian Parliament President Mohamad Baqer Qalibaf has warned that if Israel does not stop attacking Lebanon, Tehran will suspend the negotiating process to end the conflict unleashed by the offensive launched by Israeli and American forces against the Islamic Republic on 28 February. “If the Israeli aggression against Lebanon continues, we will not only suspend the negotiation process but we will face the enemy directly,” Qalibaf said in a soci…
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