Last Updated:
Iran suspends all mediated exchanges with the United States, citing Israeli actions in Lebanon and violation of ceasefire conditions across multiple fronts.
Iran Says American Airbase Targeted In Response To US Attack Near Bandar Abbas (File Image: AFP)
Tehran on Monday suspended exchanges with the United States through mediators, according to Iranian state media, as tensions escalate over Israel’s widening military operations in Lebanon.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that Tehran’s negotiating team had halted the exchange of messages and documents with the US via intermediaries, citing continued Israeli military activity in Lebanon.
The agency said the decision came as diplomatic efforts to end the war in the Middle East remain stalled.
“Given the continuing crimes of the Zionist regime (Israel) in Lebanon and considering that Lebanon was one of the preconditions for the ceasefire and that this ceasefire has now been violated on all fronts, including Lebanon, the Iranian negotiating team is suspending dialogues and exchange of texts through mediators,” Tasnim reported.
ALSO READ: Netanyahu Hails Beaufort Seizure As ‘Dramatic Shift’ As Israel Intensifies War Against Hezbollah
The report added that Iran would not resume talks unless what it called as the withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied areas and an end to operations in Gaza and Lebanon were met.
Iran also said that its broader “Resistance Front” allies, which includes its Shiite allies in Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq, have set an agenda to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and activate other fronts, including the Bab El Mandeb Strait, in order to “punish” Israel and its supporters, according to Tasnim.
Warnings over ceasefire violation
The move comes shortly after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi warned that any escalation in Lebanon would be treated as a violation of the broader ceasefire framework involving the United States.
“The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon. Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts. The US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation,” Araqchi wrote on X.
Iranian officials have maintained that indirect negotiations have been taking place through mediators, but insist that talks are conditional on what they call as an end to Israeli military actions in Lebanon and Gaza.
“The immediate cessation of the Zionist regime’s aggressive and brutal army operations in Gaza and Lebanon and the necessity of the regime’s complete withdrawal from the occupied areas in Lebanon have been emphasized by Iranian officials and negotiators, and there will be no talks until Iran and the resistance’s views on this matter are met,” Tasnim added.
(With inputs from agencies)
Read More
Source link
[ad_3]
