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Iran suspends US peace talks in protest of Israel’s strikes on Lebanon, Iranian media reports
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Iran suspends US peace talks in protest of Israel’s strikes on Lebanon, Iranian media reports
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• Status of talks: President Donald Trump told ABC News he believes an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and extend the ceasefire with Iran is reachable “over the next week.” Separately, a regional source told CNN that negotiations were back on track. Earlier, Iran’s state media said Tehran had suspended talks over Israel’s actions in Lebanon.
• US-Israel tension: Trump held a heated phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the US president pressed Israel to scale back its Lebanon offensive, according to people familiar with the conversation.
• Ceasefire proposal: Late Monday, Lebanese authorities said they received confirmation of Iran-backed Hezbollah’s agreement to a US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel. However, Netanyahu said Israel would keep striking southern Lebanon “as planned.”
Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Monday threatened to upend US efforts toward a preliminary peace agreement with Iran.
In a fast-paced series of developments, Iranian state media said Tehran was suspending negotiations with the US as Israel threatened to attack a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut. US President Donald Trump insisted the talks were moving ahead while sources told CNN he had a heated exchange with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s plans.
Here’s what to know:
First on US-Iran negotiations: The talks are now back on track, a regional source told CNN. Separately, Trump told ABC News, referring to Israel’s actions in southern Lebanon, “There was a little glitch today, but I turned that one around very quickly, as you probably noticed earlier.”
Trump’s engagement with Middle East stakeholders:
- Heated phone call with Netanyahu: Trump pressed the Israeli leader to scale back plans for military operations in Lebanon, two sources said. Trump at points used expletives to convey his disapproval of the planned offensive.
- Truth social post: The US president in a social media post said he had a “productive” call with Netanyahu and claimed Israel and Hezbollah would stop attacking each other. He said Israeli troops would not move on Beirut.
- Hezbollah agreed: After Trump announced he spoke with Hezbollah leadership, the Iran-back group agreed to a US proposal calling for a ceasefire with Israel, according to a statement from the Lebanese Embassy in Washington.
- Israel’s messages: After Trump’s announcement, Netanyahu said the Israeli military would keep striking southern Lebanon “as planned.” Defense Minister Israel Katz denied there was a ceasefire in Lebanon. But the two Israeli leaders’ statements tacitly acknowledged Trump’s ceasefire and said that Israel would not immediately attack Beirut.
Regional role: Qatar worked with the US over the weekend and again on Monday to push for de-escalation in southern Lebanon and help preserve a nominal ceasefire, according to a regional diplomat.
Oil strains continue: The Trump administration has released about 58 million barrels of oil (14%) from America’s emergency stockpile in a bid to ease the supply crisis caused by the war with Iran since it began. The SPR still has 357.1 million barrels of crude, but that’s the smallest amount since January 2024, according to federal data.
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Iran suspends negotiations with US
Iran has suspended talks with the US in protest over Israel’s actions in Lebanon, which Tehran said “violated” the ceasefire, according to semi-official Iranian state media. President Donald Trump contradicted this, saying that talks continue at a “rapid pace.” CNN’s Nic Robertson analyzes the current state of the negotiations.
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Iran suspends negotiations with US
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CNN’s Kevin Liptak, Mostafa Salem, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Charbel Mallo, Zeena Saifi, Dana Karni, Oren Liebermann, Matt Egan contributed reporting.
US-Iran talks are back on track, according to a regional source with knowledge of the talks.
Semi-official Iranian state media said earlier that the talks were suspended amid Israeli attacks in Lebanon. But US President Donald Trump said the talks continue at a “rapid pace.”
Israel’s parliament passed a bill in its first reading to dissolve the Knesset and call early elections, but the future of the bill and the exact election date are still uncertain.
The bill, which was voted on in the early hours of Tuesday morning, local time, passed 106-0 and said the elections would take place between September 8 and October 20. If passed, the bill would move up the elections only by weeks, since elections must be held by October 27.
The bill needs to pass two more readings before it becomes law and formally dissolves the Knesset. Only in these readings do the bill’s sponsors need to set the election date.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox coalition partners pushed for the bill’s passage over the Knesset’s failure to enshrine into law an exemption that would allow ultra-Orthodox men to avoid Israel’s mandatory military service.
It’s unclear when the bill could be brought for a second and third reading, and Netanyahu can likely delay the bill for several weeks.
President Donald Trump told ABC News on Monday that he believes an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and extend the ceasefire with Iran is reachable “over the next week.”
While he signaled diplomacy is still on the table, Trump said, “I still have to get a few more points” in order to sign off.
Referring to Israel’s actions in southern Lebanon, Trump said, “There was a little glitch today, but I turned that one around very quickly, as you probably noticed earlier.”
Trump said earlier today that he deterred Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from conducting “a major raid of Beirut, Lebanon.”
In the phone call with ABC’s Jonathan Karl, Trump said a potential peace agreement could surpass a victory militarily, but he acknowledged that “it’s not a simple thing.”
“But we’re getting what we need to get,” Trump added.
President Donald Trump’s telephone call Monday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became quite heated as the US president pressed the Israeli leader to scale back plans for military operations in Lebanon, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
Trump at points used expletives to convey his disapproval of the planned offensive, which threatened to upend his efforts to broker a preliminary agreement with Iran.
At one point, the president reminded Netanyahu of how he’d supported him in the past and warned him that bombing Lebanon could isolate Israel further, the sources said.
The White House didn’t comment on the acrimonious tone of the call, which was reported earlier by Axios.
Trump wrote on Truth Social after speaking with Netanyahu that it was a “productive” call, and he claimed Israel and Hezbollah would stop attacking each other. He said Israeli troops would not move on Beirut.
Netanyahu said in his own statement that the Israeli military would keep striking southern Lebanon “as planned.”
A California-based entrepreneur is skeptical of a speedy turnout from the current state of play between Iran and the US.
Zamani, who fled the Iranian regime in 1987 due to growing religious persecution, sees the wait as a strategic tactic by their government and almost a losing battle for those who engage.
These moments bring back memories of the Iran-Iraq war for Zamani, which he lived through in his childhood.
“There were posters on the streets that said, ‘War is a blessing,’” he recalled about the quote from Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. “I think this government does look at war as a blessing on some level,” he said.
During that war, Zamani, who was born into a Baha’i family, escaped the country at age 16. “I was smuggled from Iran to Pakistan,” he said. Zamani later made it to San Francisco, California.
He also said he believes the West needs to have Iranians at the negotiating table. “Iranians, Middle Easterns, do negotiations as a sport,” Zamani said. “You know what goes on in bazaars; that’s what they do, that’s the culture.”
At the end of the day, Zamani isn’t playing into any side.
Qatar worked with the United States over the weekend and again on Monday to push for de-escalation in southern Lebanon and help preserve a nominal ceasefire after renewed tensions and Israeli warnings of possible strikes in Beirut, according to a regional diplomat with knowledge of the situation.
The diplomat said Qatari officials continued engaging with American counterparts on Monday morning in an effort to prevent the planned operation from going ahead.
Following President Donald Trump’s call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon, the United States informed Qatar that it had instructed Israel to cancel the planned strikes, the diplomat said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the talks.
Earlier Monday, Trump said he held a “very productive call” with Netanyahu, who had instructed the Israeli military to strike Beirut’s Dahieh district, a stronghold of Lebanon’s Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia.
But Netanyahu later said the Israeli military would continue striking southern Lebanon “as planned,” hours after Trump said Israeli forces would not move on Beirut.
Separately, Lebanese authorities received confirmation of Hezbollah’s agreement to a US proposal calling for a ceasefire with Israel, according to a statement from the Lebanese Embassy in Washington.
Lebanese authorities have received confirmation of Hezbollah’s agreement to a US proposal calling for a ceasefire with Israel, according to a statement from the Lebanese Embassy in Washington.
“Under the proposal, Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs are to cease in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from carrying out attacks against Israel,” the statement said.
The ceasefire framework would then expand to include the rest of Lebanon’s territories, it added.
The statement comes after US President Donald Trump announced that he held — “through highly placed Representatives” — a call with Hezbollah leadership, “and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would strike Beirut if Hezbollah attacks continue and that the Israeli military “will continue to operate in southern Lebanon as planned.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the Israeli military would keep striking southern Lebanon “as planned,” hours after President Donald Trump declared that Israeli forces would not move on Beirut.
In a short statement, Netanyahu said, “The (Israel Defense Forces) will continue to operate in southern Lebanon as planned.”
Netanyahu added that if Hezbollah continues to attack Israeli cities and civilians, then Israel will strike Beirut.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Israel Katz said Monday evening, “There is no ceasefire in Lebanon.”
On Monday morning, Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a joint statement that they had instructed the Israeli military to begin striking Beirut. But in their evening statements, both tacitly acknowledged Trump’s ceasefire and said that Israel would not immediately attack Beirut.
Speaking on Israel’s right-wing Channel 14 news, Katz said Israel would keep striking in southern Lebanon, echoing Netanyahu.
“We are continuing our operations — to thwart Hezbollah’s capabilities and remove all Hezbollah operatives from southern Lebanon,” Katz said. “We will continue to act against any threat that Hezbollah creates.”
The Trump administration continues to rapidly release oil from America’s emergency stockpile in a bid to ease the supply crisis caused by the war with Iran.
According to Energy Department data released on Monday, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve lost another 8 million barrels of crude last week alone.
That’s down from 9.1 million barrels the week before and a record-setting 9.9 million the week ending May 15.
“At the current pace of releases, the SPR will drop below the Biden low by late next week,” Javier Blas, an energy and commodities columnist at Bloomberg, wrote in a post on X.
That would leave the SPR at its lowest level since 1983, when the US economy was much smaller and consumed less energy.
When he launched his 2024 campaign for the White House, President Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden for draining the SPR after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
Now Trump is draining the SPR at an even faster pace to cushion the blow from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Since the war started, the Trump administration has released about 58 million barrels, or 14%, from the reserve.
The releases leave the SPR with less firepower to offset potential supply problems caused by hurricane season, which started on Monday.
The status of peace talks between the US and Iran remains unclear at this moment, while we’re also watching some fast-moving related developments in the conflict between Iran-backed Hezbollah militants and Israel in Lebanon.
Earlier Monday, Iranian state media said that talks with the US had been suspended over Israel’s actions in Lebanon, which Tehran said “violated” the ceasefire. However, US President Donald Trump contradicted this, saying that talks continue at a “rapid pace.”
The US president said he held a “very productive call” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had instructed the Israeli military to strike Beirut’s Dahieh district, a stronghold of Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Trump said no Israeli troops will be going to Beirut. The US president also said he spoke with the Hezbollah leadership, “and they agreed that all shooting will stop.”
In Lebanon, Hezbollah is officially considered a “resistance” group tasked with confronting Israel, which Beirut classifies as an enemy state. However, much of the Western world has designated Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
Here are the key headlines:
- Netanyahu under fire: Israeli lawmakers from across the political spectrum slammed Netanyahu after Trump’s remarks about a ceasefire in Lebanon.
- Another front: Iranian media also reported that Iran and its allies are considering the “activation of other fronts,” including the Bab al-Mandab strait, in response to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. A critical gateway to the Suez Canal, closure of the waterway could significantly disrupt global trade.
- Iran warns of retaliation: The Iranian military’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned residents of northern Israel and military settlements they should leave the area if Israel carries out a threatened attack on Beirut and its southern suburbs.
- UN warns of Lebanon’s humanitarian crisis: The United Nations said it was “deeply alarmed” by Israel’s increased strikes, and the World Food Program warned of a “deepening humanitarian emergency” in the country.
- International reaction to Israeli military action: As Israel escalated its attacks in Lebanon over recent days, several Middle Eastern and European countries have condemned the military action, calling instead for diplomacy and an end to the bloodshed. These countries include Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Kingdom, Portugal and more.
CNN’s Kit Maher, Catherine Nicholls, Kevin Liptak, Nadeen Ebrahim, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Rupert Neate contributed to this report.
Israeli lawmakers from across the political spectrum slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as President Donald Trump declared a ceasefire in Lebanon.
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, a key member of Netanyahu’s coalition, said it was time to “remove the constraints on our fighters” and intensify attacks on Hezbollah.
“Now is the time to tell our friend, President Trump, ‘No,’” Ben Gvir said in a statement on social media on Monday.
Avigdor Liberman, a right-wing opposition lawmaker who previously served as Netanyahu’s defense minister, said, it was “unacceptable” that Israel had not struck Beirut. “Soldiers are wounded, killed, and Israel’s prime minister is waiting for approval from Trump before bombing Dahieh,” Liberman said referring to a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb in the south of Beirut.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett described the situation in Israel as a “government that has lost control of Israeli sovereignty.”
Iran threatened to close the Bab al-Mandab strait in response to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, Iranian media reported Monday.
Here’s where it’s located:
Oil prices rose sharply after the news because the closure of the strategic waterway could significantly disrupt global trade and further roil oil markets.
Bab al-Mandab is a critical gateway to the Suez Canal, linking Europe and Asia through one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. Just 29 kilometers (18 miles) across at its narrowest point, it is where ships have previously come under attack by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
The Iranian military’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned residents of northern Israel and military settlements on Monday that they should leave the area if Israel carries out a threatened attack on Beirut and its southern suburbs.
In a statemen, the headquarters accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of threatening to bomb Beirut’s Dahieh district and the Lebanese capital and of issuing evacuation warnings to residents.
“In light of the regime’s repeated violations of the ceasefire, we warn residents of the northern areas and military settlements in the occupied territories that, should this threat be carried out, they should leave the area if they do not wish to be harmed,” the statement said.
Earlier Monday, Netanyahu said, “There will not be a situation in which Hezbollah attacks our cities and citizens while the terrorist headquarters in Dahieh remains out of bounds.”
“We are continuing to deepen our operational activity on the ground in southern Lebanon and are eliminating Hezbollah strongholds,” he added in a statement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X that “a ceasefire between Iran and the United States constitutes, without any ambiguity, a comprehensive ceasefire across all fronts, including Lebanon.”
“Any violation of this ceasefire on one front shall be considered a violation of it across all fronts. The United States and Israel bear responsibility for the consequences of any breach of the truce,” Araghchi added.
US officials, including President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, have maintained that Lebanon was never included in the US–Iran ceasefire agreement.
President Donald Trump said Monday that talks are continuing with Iran, despite Iranian state media claiming earlier in the day that Tehran had suspended talks over Israel’s attacks in Lebanon.
“Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Trump said on Truth Social.
Previously, Trump and the administration have said they commonly receive conflicting messages from Iran publicly and privately.
Shortly before his promise that talks were continuing, Trump had also posted on Truth Social that he had a productive conversation with Benjamin Netanyahu, in which the Israeli prime minister said he would not be sending troops to Beirut.
President Donald Trump said Monday he concluded a “very productive call” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose expanding operation in Lebanon is threatening to upend ongoing peace talks with Iran.
“There will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump also revealed he’d held — “through highly placed Representatives” — a call with Hezbollah leadership, “and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel.”
Before his call with Trump, Netanyahu on Monday had ordered Israel’s military to strike in Beirut’s Dahieh district, a Hezbollah stronghold.
The order came amid a broadening wave of Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon after Netanyahu said Israel would deepen its offensive against Hezbollah. Iran media said Monday that the country’s officials were suspending peace talks with the US due to Netanyahu’s actions in Lebanon.
The United Nations said Monday it was “deeply alarmed” by Israel’s increased strikes in Lebanon, and the World Food Program warned of a “deepening humanitarian emergency” in the country.
“We are deeply alarmed by the escalation in military activities across southern Lebanon and beyond,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres, said Monday. “We urge all actors to respect the cessation of hostilities and avoid further escalation.”
The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) said millions of people in Lebanon are facing a “critical combination” of mass displacement and soaring food prices.
“More than one million people remain displaced, while soaring prices, lost incomes and strained markets are pushing food further out of reach for vulnerable families,” the WFP said in a statement Monday. “WFP has rapidly scaled up its response nationwide, but the situation remains highly fragile.”
The WFP said it is helping an average of almost 150,000 people per day with hot meals, ready-to-eat rations and food parcels for families sheltering in displacement sites.
The humanitarian organization said its latest food security analysis shows some 1.24 million people — nearly one in four of the total Lebanese population — face acute food insecurity. “Displacement, rising food and fuel prices, market disruptions, and broader economic shocks are driving the crisis,” it warned.
President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran hasn’t yet informed the US it is cutting off talks, but suggested he had no problem waiting out Tehran until it agrees to an acceptable deal.
“I think we’ve been talking too much, if you want to know the truth. I think going silent would be very good,” he told NBC News in a phone interview.
He said the development did not mean the US would restart full-scale military operations.
“It doesn’t mean we’re going to go and start dropping bombs all over there,” he told NBC. “We’ll just go silent. We’ll keep the blockade. Blockade is a piece of steel.”
Trump, who has insisted he feels no pressure to reach a deal quickly, maintained he had leverage over Tehran.
“I think I can wait as long as they want,” he said.
Despite its ceasefire with Lebanon, Israel has continued to strike what it has said are Hezbollah targets in the country during the truce, while the militant group has said it is attacking Israeli forces in response to continued attacks.
Last week, an Israeli source told CNN that the Israeli military is expanding its operations in Lebanon, including renewing strikes in the capital Beirut, to counter threats by the Iran-backed militant group.
Here’s what to know about Hezbollah:
Origins: Hezbollah emerged from the rubble of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, when Israeli forces took almost half of Lebanon’s territory, including Beirut. Israel’s operation resulted in more than 17,000 deaths, according to contemporary reports and an Israeli inquiry into a massacre at the Beirut refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, one of the bloodiest events in the region’s recent history.
Rise to prominence: A band of Shia Islamist fighters trained by Iran burst onto Lebanon’s fractious political landscape. Eventually, in 1985, militants coalesced more formally around a newly founded organization: Hezbollah. The group made no secret about its ideological allegiance to Tehran and received a steady flow of funds from the Islamic Republic. It became a participant in Lebanon’s civil war, which ended in 1990, and led a fight against Israeli forces occupying southern Lebanon, ultimately driving them out in 2000.
Terror designation: In Lebanon, Hezbollah is officially considered a “resistance” group tasked with confronting Israel, which Beirut classifies as an enemy state. Much of the Western world has designated Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
Battered condition today: Hezbollah, once seen as a potent deterrent against a direct confrontation with Iran, now appears barely a shadow of the force it once was. Battered by years of relentless Israeli assaults, it has seen its most senior leaders assassinated, its southern Lebanese strongholds overrun and its fearsome missile arsenal depleted.
CNN’s Eugenia Yosef and Tim Lister contributed to this reporting.
As Israel escalated its attacks in Lebanon over recent days, several Middle Eastern and European countries have condemned the military action, calling instead for diplomacy and an end to the bloodshed.
Israel says it has increased its strikes on Lebanon in response to ceasefire violations by Hezbollah, while the Iran-backed militant group has said it is attacking Israeli forces in response to continued Israeli attacks.
Here’s a round-up of some of the recent reaction:
- Lebanon: Earlier today, before Iranian media reported that Iran was suspending talks with the US, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Israel has “continued its military operations and the shelling of villages under the pretext of self-defense.” He said Lebanon was committed to diplomacy, adding: “it will not solve the problem in a matter of moments; rather, it is a process that requires time, and we have no other choice.”
- Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry condemned today what it called “Israeli aggression” against Lebanon and rejected the “assault” on Lebanon’s sovereignty. It called on the international community to “shoulder its responsibilities in stopping this aggression and putting an end to Israeli military movements aimed at expanding” into Lebanon.
- Qatar: In a post yesterday, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry condemned “persistent Israeli assaults on Lebanon,” the expansion of Israel’s ground incursion, and “the targeting of civilians.” It called Israel’s actions a “dangerous escalation,” an “egregious violation” of Lebanon’s sovereignty, and “an open breach of international humanitarian rules-based order.”
- Jordan: The Jordanian Foreign Ministry also accused Israel of targeting civilians and violating Lebanon’s sovereignty. It stressed its “absolute support for Lebanon, its security, stability, sovereignty, and the safety of its citizens,” and called for “concerted efforts to provide humanitarian aid.”
- Turkey: In a statement today, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said that it “condemn(s) in the strongest terms Israel’s expanding occupation in Lebanon” and called on the international community to “take immediate and concrete steps to bring an end to Israel’s attacks and occupation.”
- United Kingdom: British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Israel’s military escalation in Lebanon “has killed and displaced civilians, destroyed infrastructure, and eroded space for diplomacy. It must end.” She called for Hezbollah to end its attacks on Israel and disarm, and for all sides to “respect the ceasefire and engage with negotiations in good faith.”
- Portugal: The Portuguese Foreign Ministry condemned Israel’s actions in Lebanon, saying it is “essential to put an end to the attacks and ensure respect for the ceasefire.” It said it “encourages that the ongoing negotiations continue and lead to full respect for the ceasefire.”
- Germany: German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Israel’s advance into Lebanon “gives cause for serious concern,” but called it a “reaction to continued attacks by Hezbollah on the north of Israel that must finally stop.” He called for “a sustainable diplomatic solution with a view to protecting civilians on both sides of the Blue Line.”
CNN’s Eyad Kourdi and Sarah Tamimi contributed to this reporting.
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