Mixed messaging from Iran and US on ceasefire deal
Key takeaways
- Iranian state media reported that Iran was halting indirect talks with the US after Israel ordered its troops to push deeper into Lebanon.
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- This comes a day before Lebanon and Israel are scheduled to begin a fourth round of US-hosted direct negotiations on Tuesday.
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Iranian state media reported that Iran was halting indirect talks with the US after Israel ordered its troops to push deeper into Lebanon. US President Donald Trump said talks were ongoing at a "rapid pace."
https://p.dw.com/p/5Ed IDPlumes of smoke rises from a bulding in Tyre in southern Lebanon Image: Kawant Haju/AFPAdvertisement Skip next section What you need to know What you need to know Iran is halting indirect talks with the US over Israel's widening assault on Lebanon, Iranian state media reported President Donald Trump initially said he "couldn't care less" but then said on social media that talks were continuing Trump also said Israel and Hezbollah agreed to stop attacking each other in Lebanon without explaining further Israeli military ordered residents of Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold, to evacuate Monday Israeli troops moved deeper into Lebanon and captured a strategic castle in the country over the weekend Hezbollah has fired on Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon and northern Israel in recent weeks This is a roundup of the developments in Iran and the Middle East on Monday, June 1:
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