It’s being reported out of Iran that the terrorist nation has paused talks with the US because they’re angry that Israel is defending itself against constant aggression from Hezbollah.
Here’s the news via Times of Israel:
Iran’s Tasnim news agency said on Monday that Tehran’s negotiating team is stopping the exchange of messages with the United States through mediators due to Israel’s attacks in Lebanon, as diplomatic efforts to end the three-month-old Iran war continued.
The agency said Iran and the Resistance Front, which includes its Shiite allies in Yemen, Lebanon and Iraq, have set an agenda to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and activate other fronts, including the Bab El Mandeb Strait, in order to “punish” Israel and its supporters.
If the Houthis, Iran’s allies in Yemen, open a new front in the conflict, one obvious target would be the Bab El Mandeb Strait off the coast of Yemen, a key shipping chokepoint and narrow passageway that controls sea traffic toward the Suez Canal.
“The ceasefire between Iran and the US is unequivocally a ceasefire on all fronts, including in Lebanon. Its violation on one front is a violation of the ceasefire on all fronts,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on X on Monday, referring to Israeli operations in Lebanon.
“The immediate cessation of the Zionist regime’s aggressive and brutal army operations in Gaza and Lebanon and the necessity of the regime’s complete withdrawal from the occupied areas in Lebanon have been emphasized by Iranian officials and negotiators, and there will be no talks until Iran and the resistance’s views on this matter are met,” Tasnim added.
Israel had largely refrained from attacking Beirut amid the escalating tensions with the Iran-backed Hezbollah at the behest of the Trump administration as it tried to reach a more permanent ceasefire deal with Iran. But on Monday Israel announced it would do so amid a surge in deadly Hezbollah missile and drone attacks on soldiers and northern communities.
If they don’t want to talk, then may be it’s time to go to Plan B and Bomb the hell out of them, killing as much of the terrorist regime as possible, especially the IRGC. Keep the US in the Strait along with NATO forces to keep it open and safe. And just keep bombing them until they submit or are completely decimated.
In related news, the US had to hit Iran again last night.
Via Politico:
The U.S. military said it launched a series of “self-defense” strikes against Iranian radar and drone control sites over the weekend, the latest in a series of military actions amid ongoing peace negotiations.
U.S. Central Command said late Sunday that the military struck Geruk, Iran, and Qeshm Island in response to “aggressive Iranian actions,” including the shooting of a U.S. military drone that was operating over international waters.
According to CENTCOM, the U.S. strikes eliminated Iranian air defenses, a ground control station and two one-way attack drones that “posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters.”
No American military members were harmed in the strikes, the announcement said.
“CENTCOM will continue to protect U.S. assets and interests in response to unwarranted Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire,” the military said in a statement.