The Iranian Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, said on Monday that Tehran had suspended negotiations with the United States, due to violations of the Iranian-American ceasefire but also the Israeli ground offensive in Lebanon.
Dialogue has broken down between Tehran and Washington. In any case, this is what the Iranian press agency Tasnim says, which announced this Monday, June 1, that Iran had suspended negotiations with the United States aimed at putting an end to the war in the Middle East.
The decision was taken according to Tasnim because of the “crimes” that Israel “continues to commit” in Lebanon, and the violations “on all fronts” of the Iranian-American ceasefire concluded on April 8. “The Iranian negotiating team is therefore suspending the dialogue and the exchange of texts via the mediators,” specifies the Iranian media.
Indirect discussions have been dragging on for weeks to end the war, triggered on February 28 by a joint Israeli-American attack against Iran.
Earlier this Monday, Tehran recalled, through its Foreign Ministry, that a ceasefire in Lebanon was “an essential condition for any agreement”. The Iranian authorities also reiterated that Iranian nuclear power was not part of the discussions “at this stage”.
A statement contrary to the expectations of Donald Trump, who said Sunday evening that a memorandum of understanding should stipulate “very clearly that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon”.
This weekend, the American army carried out a new wave of “defensive” strikes on southern Iran, the third in just over a week. These bombings targeted radar and drone control systems in the city of Goruk and the island of Qeshm in the Strait of Hormuz, the US Middle East Command (Centcom) said on X.
The Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, for their part claimed this Monday to have attacked a base used by the American army for strikes against its territory, without naming the targeted country. Kuwait says it intercepted “hostile” missiles and drones, attributing the attack to Iran.
Washington and Tehran had already accused each other on Thursday of violating the ceasefire in force since April 8, after American strikes on southern Iran followed by an attack on Kuwait.
Washington toughened its tone
The war has left thousands dead, especially in Iran and Lebanon, and is shaking the world economy by driving up oil prices. Since the end of February, Tehran has been blocking the Strait of Hormuz, an essential sea route for the global transport of hydrocarbons, and the United States is imposing a blockade of Iranian ports.
While the two countries seemed to be moving towards an agreement in recent days, the New York Times reported on Saturday, without further details, that the American president had toughened his proposal and sent a new version of a memorandum of understanding to Tehran.
According to the American site Axios, Donald Trump, whose declared priority is to put an end to the Iranian nuclear program and to restore maritime traffic to Hormuz, wants more firmness from Washington negotiators.
CBS reported Sunday evening that the new American proposal provides for an extension of the ceasefire by 60 days with clauses for the reopening of Hormuz and a framework for a resumption of nuclear negotiations.
Iran, which claims its right to a civilian nuclear program, has always denied wanting to acquire atomic weapons, despite accusations to this effect from the United States and Israel. He wishes to address this issue in a second step and demands the release of assets frozen abroad by American sanctions.
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