Iran Pauses Talks with USA Following Israeli Escalation in Lebanon and Gaza
Iran has stopped talks and message exchanges with the USA through intermediaries, Tasnim reports. Iran cites continued Israeli operations in Gaza and Lebanon and the violation of the April ceasefire on all fronts. No dialogue will resume, the agency reports, until the Israeli regime ceases its operations in Gaza and Lebanon and fully withdraws from the occupied areas of Lebanese territory.
Iran and the resistance front have also resolved to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and to activate further fronts including the Bab al-Mandeb.
The conditions are really simple in any sane world, Israel needs to obey the agreement they themselves signed. Iran is not asking for concessions, it is not even asking for the USA to stop their own ceasefire violations, like the ones seen last night and earlier last week.
Israel walked out of their ceasefire in Lebanon almost immediately, and it has spent the last week expanding on their violations, with a fresh invasion into Lebanon, forced displacements hitting as far north as Beirut and the killing of now 11 children per day. Israel has already taken the historic Beaufort castle in this new invasion.
The campaign in Gaza, already a UN-confirmed genocide, is being expanded to a 70% occupation of the strip on Netanyahu’s instruction, with a café being targeted yesterday, killing at least two and injuring 12 others.
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman this morning was still calling a Lebanon ceasefire the “essential condition” for any deal. The hardline Kayhan was calling outright for full suspension. Even while U.S. strikes were incoming, the Iranian regime put the condition of Lebanon at a higher priority level than any halt to U.S. strikes.
This is a developing story, we will post further updates as they are confirmed.