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On Monday, Iranian state-aligned media said that Iran was suspending negotiations with the U.S.

Iranian officials decried the U.S.’s blockade of Iranian ports, as well as the deepening Israeli invasion of Lebanon, declaring that both are in violation of the ceasefire.

“The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reiterated in a post on X. “Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts.”

“The US and Israel are responsible for the consequences of any violation,” he concluded.

Tasnim News Agency, a semi-official Iranian state news agency, wrote that Iranian negotiators are halting negotiations with the U.S. after Israel expanded its attacks on Lebanon, calling for a “complete withdrawal from the occupied areas in Lebanon” in order to restart negotiations.

Despite Ceasefire, Israel Continues to Expand Occupation of Southern Lebanon

Tasnim also said that Iran would blockade the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, at the entrance to the Red Sea, which would escalate its pressure on the global economy in an attempt to force the U.S. to reel in Israel.

Trump wrote on his Truth Social early on Monday that other politicians need to stop criticizing his negotiations and decisions regarding the Iran war, saying, “Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end.”

Later on Monday, Trump said he had not heard from Iran that they were suspending negotiations, but also, that he could wait for an extended period of time before finalizing........

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