Tehran, (EFE) – Iran suspended peace negotiations with the United States and threatened to fully close the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, the Tasnim news agency — linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard — reported Monday. “The Iranian negotiating team suspends talks and the exchange of messages with the United States through […]
Tehran, (EFE) – Iran suspended peace negotiations with the United States and threatened to fully close the Strait of Hormuz in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, the Tasnim news agency — linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard — reported Monday.
“The Iranian negotiating team suspends talks and the exchange of messages with the United States through a mediator, given that the Zionist regime continues committing crimes in Lebanon,” the outlet stated.
Tasnim added that there will be “no dialogue” until hostilities in Lebanon come to an end.
The agency also reported that Iran and the so-called Axis of Resistance — which includes regional allies such as Yemen’s Houthis — “have expressed their firm intention to completely close the Strait of Hormuz and activate other fronts, including the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, in order to send a warning to the Zionists and their allies.”
Tehran controls passage through the Strait of Hormuz and in recent weeks has allowed between 20 and 30 ships to pass daily in coordination with the Revolutionary Guard.
Iranian authorities have insisted throughout the day that the ceasefire in force with the United States since April 8 covers Lebanon, a country currently under heavy Israeli attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced strikes against Beirut earlier Monday.
“The ceasefire between Iran and the United States is, without a doubt, a ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X.
Araghchi argued that a violation of the April 8 ceasefire “on a single front constitutes a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts,” and warned that “the United States and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation.”
Shortly before, Iranian Parliament Speaker and chief nuclear negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned that the U.S. and Israel would pay for what Tehran considers a breach of the truce.
“Every decision has a price, and the time comes to pay the bill,” he wrote on X Monday morning.
The new tensions emerge in the middle of ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations aimed at ending the war. Late last week, reports indicated that Tehran and Washington had reached a preliminary agreement pending approval from President Donald Trump, though U.S. media later reported that Trump requested amendments to several provisions of the draft.
Amid those negotiations, Iran and the United States exchanged new attacks overnight, with U.S. strikes targeting Goruk and Qeshm Island and Iran retaliating against the base from which the attack originated.
