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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T03:27:52.000Z",
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    "Israel's escalating offensive",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nTrump said Monday that indirect talks with Iran were advancing quickly, even as Tehran threatened to expand the conflict by keeping the Strait of Hormuz blocked and activating allies across the region.\n\nIran's Tasnim news agency said Tehran had suspended dialogue with mediators over Israel's escalating offensive in Lebanon, where Israeli forces again threatened strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs.\n\n### What deal does Trump want with Iran?\n\nTrump is pushing for a deal that ends the war, reopens the Strait of Hormuz and places controls on Iran's nuclear program. Iran has rejected nuclear talks outright, saying its priority is ending the war and that a ceasefire in Lebanon is a precondition for any wider agreement.\n\nThe two sides remain far apart on both issues.\n\n### Why are US-Iran talks stalling despite rapid pace claims?\n\nWeeks of indirect negotiations, threats and air strikes have failed to produce a breakthrough.\n\nIran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused the US of violating the ceasefire, citing the ongoing naval blockade and Israel's Lebanon operations as \"clear evidence of US non-compliance.\"\n\nTehran late Monday announced it was suspending the exchange of messages through mediators entirely.\n\nIran's Revolutionary Guards intelligence body warned that crossing \"red lines in Lebanon and Gaza\" would mean \"direct war.\"\n\nTehran said it was determined to preserve what it called the \"Strait of Hormuz equation\" and take \"meaningful actions\" by opening other pressure points.\n\n### What other fronts is Iran threatening to open?\n\nTasnim reported that Iran and its allies would \"activate other fronts,\" including the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the entrance of the Red Sea.\n\nIran's Houthi allies in Yemen have previously targeted shipping near Bab al-Mandab, and its closure would disrupt millions of barrels of oil exported daily by Saudi Arabia through its Red Sea port of Yanbu.\n\nTrump told NBC that the threat did not mean Washington would \"start dropping bombs all over there,\" but confirmed the US naval blockade would remain in place.\n\n### How is the Lebanon conflict affecting US-Iran diplomacy?\n\nIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to push deeper into Lebanon and threatened strikes on \"terror targets\" in Beirut's southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh.\n\nIsrael's Arabic-language spokesman told residents to evacuate, and AFP images showed heavy traffic jams as people fled. Netanyahu later said he had told Trump that Israel would strike Beirut if Hezbollah did not halt its attacks.\n\nTrump said he had persuaded Israel and Hezbollah to de-escalate, with Lebanon's US embassy reporting that the group had accepted a US proposal for a \"mutual cessation of attacks.\" Two more Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, bringing military deaths since early March to 27.\n\n### Where do US-Iran nuclear talks stand?\n\nIranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said no negotiations had taken place on the nuclear file. \"At this stage, our priority is ending the war,\" he said.\n\nTrump has insisted that Iran's nuclear program must be part of any final deal and that Tehran must not acquire nuclear weapons, an ambition Iran denies.\n\nThe US military said it carried out \"self-defense strikes\" over the weekend on Iranian radar and drone control sites, its third such wave in just over a week, after a US MQ-1 drone was shot down.\n\nIran's Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted an airbase used by the US in retaliation. Kuwait's military said its air defenses intercepted \"hostile missile and drone attacks,\" though Iran did not name the country hosting the base.\n\nAhead of a UN Security Council emergency meeting on Lebanon, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres's spokesman said the body was \"deeply alarmed by the escalation in military activities across southern Lebanon and beyond.\"\n\nThe UKMTO maritime agency also reported a \"large explosion\" on a cargo vessel off Iraq, which it said was hit by an unknown projectile, adding to concerns over Gulf shipping security.",
  "title": "Trump says Iran talks moving at rapid pace despite threat to widen war"
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