A report from Iran’s official state media suggests that the negotiations remain intact but that their fate depends on Israeli military actions in Lebanon.
Iran signaled on June 2 that indirect negotiations with the United States remain on track—but that their fate hangs in a delicate balance—after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he had helped secure a renewed ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, easing tensions that Tehran had warned could throw diplomacy into limbo.
The clarification came after conflicting reports emerged over the status of U.S.–Iran talks following a flare-up in fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, which is closely affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), reported on June 1 that Tehran had suspended indirect contacts with Washington, including exchanges of messages through mediators, in response to Israeli military operations in Lebanon.
Iran’s official state news agency, IRNA, on June 2 portrayed the issue differently, reporting that Iran had threatened to suspend message exchanges with the United States unless Israeli attacks in Lebanon stopped, rather than confirming that negotiations had already been halted.
Similarly, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, also signaled on June 2 that U.S.–Iran talks were continuing—while warning they are in danger of collapsing.
Qalibaf said in a post on X that if Israeli forces continue to strike targets in Lebanon, Iran “will not only halt the path of negotiations, but we will also be in direct confrontation with the enemy,” signaling a possibility of renewed fighting.
The June 2 clarification from IRNA, following the June 1 Tasnim report, suggests Tehran may have used the prospect of freezing talks as leverage to pressure Washington to restrain Israel while leaving the diplomatic channel intact.
Trump Intervenes as Fighting Escalates
The conflicting reports over the talks came amid one of the most significant challenges to the fragile ceasefire.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said on June 1 that they had ordered strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs, saying the attacks were a response to repeated Hezbollah violations of the ceasefire and attacks on Israeli cities and civilians.
Hezbollah fired rockets toward northern Israel, including areas near Haifa. Amid the escalation, Iranian officials said that continued Israeli military operations in Lebanon amounted to a ceasefire violation, hinting that further Israeli attacks could derail diplomacy.
During a morning press briefing hours before the Tansim report was released, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said that Israel’s actions in Lebanon were calculated to “destroy any possibility … that diplomatic processes might somehow lead to an improvement in the situation.”
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a June 1 post on X that the ceasefire between Iran and the United States “is considered, without any ambiguity, a comprehensive ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon.”
“Any violation of this ceasefire on any front is considered a violation of it on all fronts,” Araghchi said, adding that the United States and Israel would bear responsibility for any consequences resulting from truce violations.
As reports spread that Iran had either broken off the talks or threatened to do so, Trump moved quickly to de-escalate the crisis.
The U.S. president said in a June 1 post on Truth Social that he held a “very productive” call with Netanyahu and that there would be no Israeli troop movement into Beirut. Trump also said that, through intermediaries, Hezbollah had agreed that “all shooting will stop.”
“Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel,” Trump wrote.
In a separate post, Trump said negotiations with Tehran were continuing “at a rapid pace.”
By Tom Ozimek
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