IRAN WAR LATEST: Iran suspends negotiations with U.S.: 'No dialogue will take place' – Toronto Sun

Here’s the latest on the Iran war on Monday.
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Iranian state media has reported that its negotiators will stop communicating with the United States and will close the Strait of Hormuz, in retaliation for Washington violating the fragile ceasefire.
Tehran also noted “no dialogue will take place” until Israel stops attacking Lebanon and withdraws from occupied areas in the country.
Iran and the U.S. exchanged military attacks on Monday, with both countries accusing each other of acting aggressively while they worked on ending the conflict.
The U.S. military said it hit Iranian air defences, a ground control station and two drones that were threatening ships. Iran said it targeted an airbase used by the U.S.
The Kuwait army also said its air defences intercepted missiles and drones, which they hold “Iran fully responsible for these heinous attacks.”
Despite the hostile, violent exchanges, U.S. President Donald Trump insists that Tehran “really wants to make a deal” in a late-night social media post. Trump also criticized “unpatriotic Republicans” for negative “chirping” about negotiations to end the Iran war, which is now in its 94th day.
“Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end – It always does!” the president wrote on Truth Social.
He followed up with another post Monday afternoon, claiming, “Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Here’s the latest on the Iran war on Monday:
Lebanon said that Hezbollah has agreed to a U.S. proposal for a partial ceasefire with Israel.
“Under the proposal, Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs are to cease in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from carrying out attacks against Israel,” said a statement from the Lebanese Embassy in Washington that was posted on X.
The statement said Trump had a call with Lebanon’s ambassador to the U.S., Nada Maawad, and informed her “that he had obtained the approval of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the proposed arrangement. Ambassador Maawad relayed the outcomes of the discussions to (Lebanese) President (Joseph) Aoun, who in turn notified Hezbollah of them.”
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Trump posted on social media Monday that he had spoken to Netanyahu and was told that “there will be no troops going to Beirut,” adding that “any troops that are on their way, have already been turned back.”
He also said he spoke to a Hezbollah representative, who “agreed that all shooting will stop.”
However, following news of the ceasefire, Netanyahu said the Israeli military will keep striking southern Lebanon if Hezbollah does not cease attacking Israeli cities and its citizens.
“This stance of ours remains unchanged,” he said in a post on X.
In response to Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, Iran and its allies are considering “activation of other fronts,” which includes the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, Iranian media reported, per CNN.
The closure of the waterway could further disrupt global trade and oil markets.
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait between East Africa and the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula is a crucial gateway to the Suez Canal, which links Europe and Asia. It’s considered one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.
Ships have previously come under attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels while trekking through the strait.
The closure of the strategic waterway could significantly disrupt global trade and further roil oil markets. Oil prices rose sharply after the news.
Reacting to news that Iran was ceasing negotiations with the U.S. for a peace deal, Trump said that Iran hadn’t informed the U.S. at all.
“It’s an appropriate thing to say, because they’re better negotiators than they are fighters. But they haven’t informed us of that,” Trump said, per NBC News.
Trump didn’t indicate that the U.S. would resume hostilities, but said they would continue their blockade and “go silent” on Iran.
“It doesn’t mean we’re going to go and start dropping bombs all over there. We’ll just go silent. We’ll keep the blockade. Blockade is a piece of steel,” Trump said.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Iran considers “crossing the red lines in Lebanon and Gaza to mean direct war and the imposition of costs on its own national security and Islamic resistance.”
The IRGC said Iran will “carry out defensive operations by taking meaning-breaking actions, opening new fronts, and in addition, maintaining the Strait of Hormuz equation,” per ABC News.
Nabih Berri, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, reportedly told the Trump administration on Sunday that Hezbollah is ready for a full and immediate ceasefire with Israel, Axios reported. 
Berri also pledged to guarantee its implementation, said his top adviser, Ali Hamdan.
Negotiators for Iran say they will stop communicating with the U.S. through intermediaries and will fully close the Strait of Hormuz, in retaliation for ceasefire violations, Iranian state media outlet Tasnim reported.
The report focused on Israel’s military operation in Lebanon against Hezbollah. It reported that “no dialogue will take place” until Israel withdraws from occupied areas in Lebanon and stops all attacks in the country and Gaza, per CNBC.
“Also, the resistance front and Iran have resolved to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and activate other fronts including the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, in order to punish the Zionists and their supporters,” the report said.
Iran’s parliamentary Speaker and lead negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said in a post on X that the U.S. was breaching its ceasefire with Iran by continuing to blockade Iranian ports and not restraining Israel from attacking Lebanon.
“The naval blockade and escalation of war crimes in Lebanon by the genocidal Zionist regime are clear evidence of U.S. noncompliance with the ceasefire,” Ghalibaf wrote, per Al Jazeera. “Every choice has a price and the bill comes due. It will all fall into place.”
Trump’s amendments to the memorandum of understanding to end the conflict included significant changes pertaining to the Strait of Hormuz and the removal of highly enriched uranium, a source with knowledge on the talks told CBS News.
Other changes in the peace agreement included a 60-day ceasefire of violence, and calls for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and a framework to restart talks on Iran’s nuclear program.
CBS News‘ sources stated the arrangements also involve potential waivers or sanctions relief to Iran, which could allow the country to access billions in frozen assets.
Pakistani mediators are working between Washington and Tehran to broker an agreement.
The Kuwait military said its air defences had intercepted missile and drone attacks, which they said were launched by Iran.
“The General Staff of the Army wishes to advise that any sounds of explosions heard are the result of air defence systems intercepting these hostile attacks,” the army said in a social media post on Monday.
The Kuwaiti foreign ministry later said that it was “holding Iran fully responsible for these heinous attacks,” CBS News reported.
The attack appears to have come from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps after the U.S. strikes on Iran over the weekend.
The IRGC said in a statement that “following an attack a few hours ago by the invading U.S. military” on the port of Sirik, they struck the “air base from which the attack originated, and the predetermined targets were destroyed.”
Trump stayed up late on Sunday to state on Truth Social that Iran “really wants to make a deal.”
While making no mention of the exchange of attacks with Iran, Trump berates his critics as “unpatriotic Republicans,” accusing them of “chirping” about negotiations to end the Middle East conflict.
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us,” Trump wrote. “But don’t the Dumocrats, and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate, when political hacks keep negatively ‘chirping,’ at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever.”
“Just sit back and relax, it will all work out in the end – It always does!”
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In response, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei accused the U.S. of constantly moving the goal-posts on its negotiating stance, condemning what he called aggressive action by the U.S.
“Negotiations have started amid severe suspicion and mistrust, and the exchange of messages is taking place in this atmosphere,” Baghaei said, per Reuters.
“The other party is constantly changing its views and putting forward new or contradictory demands (…) it is natural that this situation will prolong negotiations,” he said.
Iran and the United States both said they have attacked military targets while accusing each other of acting aggressively as political efforts to end the Iran war continue.
The American military said it had hit Iranian air defences over the weekend, a ground control station and two drones that they say were threatening ships after “aggressive Iranian actions” such as shooting down a U.S. drone over international waters.
At the same time, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had targeted an air base used by the U.S. as a response to an attack on southern Iran. While Iran didn’t identify the base, Kuwait activated air defences on Monday and denounced missile and drone attacks carried out by Iran, which they said undermined efforts to reduce tensions in the Middle East, per Reuters.
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