Trump Says Iran Talks Continue at Rapid Pace as Iran Suspends Negotiations and Threatens Other Fronts

President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that talks with Iran were continuing at a "rapid pace" even after Iranian state-linked media reported Tehran was suspending negotiations and opening "other fronts" in the war.

“Lebanon says Hezbollah agrees reciprocal halt to attacks on Israel Lebanon says Hezbollah has accepted a US plan for it to halt attacks on Israel and for Israel not to attack the Lebanese capital Beirut”

BBC

In Lebanon, Trump also said "all shooting will stop" between Israel and Hezbollah, and he added that there would be "no Troops going to the Lebanese capital of Beirut".

BBC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later said Israel would strike Beirut if Hezbollah did not stop attacking Israel, while also stating that the IDF would "continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon."

Lebanon’s embassy in Washington said it had received confirmation that Hezbollah accepted a US proposal under which "Israeli strikes on Dahiyeh would cease in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from launching attacks against Israel."

Iran said it was breaking off talks with the Trump administration to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz after an escalation of Israeli military action in Lebanon and renewed airstrikes around the Persian Gulf.

NBC News reported that Iran suspended high-stakes negotiations with the United States to protest Israel’s expanding military offensive in Lebanon, citing Tasnim’s report that the Iranian negotiating team would suspend "talks and the exchange of texts through mediators."

CBS News

Lebanese and US-linked statements about Hezbollah’s acceptance of a mutual cessation of attacks were met with Netanyahu’s insistence that strikes on Beirut would go ahead if Hezbollah did not stop attacking cities and civilians.

CNN also reported that Netanyahu said there was "no ceasefire in Lebanon," even as Trump insisted that talks were continuing at a "rapid pace" and said Israel and Hezbollah agreed that "all shooting will stop."

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Quds Force commander Esmaeil Qaani warned that Israel’s operation in Lebanon could lead to the Bab-al-Mandab strait being treated like the Strait of Hormuz, saying Iran and its allies could "take steps to activate other fronts."

“• Status of talks: 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”

CNN

The Independent reported that the Strait of Hormuz had remained closed, with the price of Brent Crude standing at $95 per barrel when the market closed on Monday.

In Lebanon, the BBC said the ceasefire was to be extended to encompass all Lebanese territory, but Netanyahu’s warning that Israel would strike Beirut if Hezbollah did not stop kept the threat of renewed escalation in view.

The Washington Post described a tense backdrop in which competing threats signaled that tenuous negotiations could collapse, with Trump telling CNBC he did not care if talks were over and saying "I really don’t care. I couldn’t care less."