Iran to pause negotiations over Israeli strikes in Lebanon: State media

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Iranian officials are set to halt their participation in the negotiations with the United States over Israel’s continued strikes in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, according to Iranian state media.

Tasnim, which is close to Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported Monday that Iran would halt “talks and the exchange of texts through a mediator” given the “continuation of the Zionist regime’s crimes in Lebanon.” The U.S. and Iran have disputed for weeks whether the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is included in their agreed-upon ceasefire.

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