Iran reiterates support for Hezbollah and links any broader ceasefire or peace steps with the United States to developments in Lebanon, according to multiple outlets. Iran demands Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon and says a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is a condition for any wider deal with Washington, as fighting continues for a fourth month. In parallel, two semiofficial Iranian news agencies, Fars and Tasnim, report that Iran stops communicating with mediators after Israel threatened to bomb Beirut amid ongoing hostilities involving the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah. A regional official involved in mediation, speaking anonymously, says Iran does not communicate at all on Tuesday after stating that a ceasefire must be enforced in Lebanon for negotiations to continue. Other reports note that Israel and the United States describe the Lebanon fighting as separate from the wider Iran-U.S. talks, while Iran presents the conflict as connected. The reporting also indicates the negotiations involve pressure related to a potential Iran-U.S. ceasefire and access affecting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran says it will back Hezbollah and stops communicating with mediators as Lebanon talks stall
Iran reiterates support for Hezbollah and links any broader ceasefire or peace steps with the United States to developments in Lebanon, according to multiple outlets. Iran demands Israel withdraw from...
- Iran reaffirms support for Hezbollah and calls for Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon.
- Iran says a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is a condition for any broader deal with the United States.
- Iran stops communicating with mediators after Israel threatens to bomb Beirut, according to Iranian state-linked reports.
- Reporting describes the Lebanon conflict as separate in U.S. and Israeli views, while Iran frames it as linked to wider Iran-U.S. ceasefire talks.
- The ceasefire and negotiations are tied to efforts to resolve the broader regional conflict that is in its fourth month.
By Ahmed Elimam and Jana ChoukeirDUBAI, June 5 (Reuters) - Iran has reaffirmed support for its Lebanese ally Hezbollah and demanded Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon, underscoring complications facing an interim deal to end the broader conflict between the U.S. and Iran.Iran has made a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah a condition for any peace deal with Washington to resolve the regional war, now in its fourth month, and restart shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
2 months agoIran stopped communicating with mediators after Israel threatened to bomb Beirut as it continues fighting the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah, two semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported. The reports by the Fars and Tasnim news agencies, both believed to be close to Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, come as Iran insists the fighting in Lebanon is part of the wider ceasefire talks with the United States over the war. Israel and the US maintain the fighting in Lebanon is separate from the Iran war talks. A regional official involved in the mediation, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the talks, said Iran has not communicated at all on Tuesday after saying that a ceasefire needed to be enforced in Lebanon for negotiations to continue.
2 months agoDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in the war with the U.S. and Israel, two semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported Tuesday, as tensions flared in Israel's separate but related fight against the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah in Lebanon. The halt in communication was likely meant to increase pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump over negotiations on the Iran war ceasefire and loosening the Islamic Republic's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz and the oil, gas and other commodities that normally pass through it. Trump then could potentially push Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt or slow the advance of his forces, which have moved deeper into Lebanon than at any time in over a quarter of a century. The reports by the Fars and Tasnim news agencies, both believed to be close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, come as the conflicts in Iran and Lebanon have increasingly become conjoined. Iran insists that any potential truce in the war there must also quell the fighting in Lebanon, where Hezb
2 months agoThe reports by the Fars and Tasnim news agencies, both believed to be close to Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, come as Iran insists the fighting in Lebanon is part of the wider ceasefire talks with the U.S. over the war.
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