Iran Halts Talks With US Over Israeli Escalation in Lebanon

Iran has halted indirect negotiations with the United States over what it describes as Israel’s escalating military campaign in Lebanon, according to a report by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, raising fresh doubts about efforts to transform a fragile ceasefire into a broader agreement that would end the war. Tasnim reported on June 1 that Iran’s negotiating team will stop talks—including the exchange of messages through a mediator—because Israel had continued military operations in Lebanon despite what Tehran considers a ceasefire that applies across all fronts. The report said Iran considers a pause in Israeli military operations in Lebanon as a precondition of the ceasefire and that Israel’s actions amounted to a violation of the truce....