Iran suspends peace talks with US over Israeli military action in Lebanon, Araghchi says it violates ceasefire agreement

Key points

• Days after Israel ramped up its offensive against Hezbollah and targeted sites in Lebanon, Iran has reportedly suspended talks with the United States in protest at Israel’s actions in Lebanon.
• Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported the development and added, “Given the continuation of the Israeli regime’s attacks in Lebanon, and considering that Lebanon had been one of the preconditions for a ceasefire — which has now been violated on all fronts, including Lebanon — the Iranian negotiating team is suspending ‘talks and exchanges of texts through mediators.'” Tehran has called for the immediate halt of Israel's war in Gaza and Lebanon, along with the Israeli army's full withdrawal from Beirut, the agency reported, adding that “until Iran’s and the resistance’s position on these matters is satisfied, there will be no negotiations.” It further said that the Islamic Republic and allied militant groups in the region have placed on their...