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US blockade on Iranian ports; meanwhile, a parallel conflict involving Israel and Lebanon also threatens to complicate negotiations. ## Russia’s role in diplomacy Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi said Russia was likely
role:** The US president dismissed an offer from NATO to assist in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the alliance a “paper tiger” and telling it to “stay away”. ## In Israel - **Israel ‘prohibited’ from striking Lebanon
negotiations between the US and Iran because Tehran views the regional conflict as interconnected, describing this as a “unity of fronts”. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose country hosted last week’s ceasefire talks between
ceasefire in Lebanon was seen as a boost to efforts for an agreement to end the US-Israel war on Iran. Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said fighting between Israel and Hezbollah had been
ceasefire extended to Lebanon, though Israel and the US denied this. Israel killed more than 350 people in Lebanon that day, including at least 150 civilians, according to ACLED, an independent conflict monitor. “The future
negotiations were “meaningless” as long as Israel continued to bomb Lebanon, placing in doubt US-Iranian talks in [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan) scheduled for Saturday. Pezeshkian vowed Iran would not abandon the Lebanese people. According
US and Israel have since insisted that is a separate issue. Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said that any peace negotiations would be “meaningless” if they took place as bombs continued to fall
role of the **United States** in facilitating” it, Guterres spokesperson **Stephane Dujarric** said in a statement, adding he hoped the temporary halt to fighting would “pave the way for negotiations”. The ceasefire took effect
negotiations towards a permanent security and peace agreement" between the two parties. Israel and Lebanon's leaders have both welcomed the truce, with Netanyahu calling it an "opportunity to make a historic peace agreement". Lebanese
ceasefire leaves open questions. First, it does not mention the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon, which has raised fears that parts of the country will remain occupied even after the war. Israeli officials
negotiation process”. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said senior officials from the four countries had also met in Islamabad earlier this week to prepare recommendations for Antalya. ## Ceasefire under strain The two-week ceasefire brokered
negotiated with Israel. “This ceasefire is a tactical palliative, not a substitute for Iran’s strategic demand,” he said, adding that Tehran’s insistence on Lebanon being part of any broader deal, rather than handled
US State Department on Thursday, under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, Israel will “preserve its right to take all necessary measures in self-defence”, while not carrying out “any offensive military operations”. The statement
role of “adult in the room”. [A three-day visit to Tehran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/pakistan-military-chief-asim-munir-unlikely-peacemaker-iran-war) last week by Pakistan’s powerful military chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, helped produce a ceasefire in Israel’s attacks
role was played by China. They became a guarantor of the ceasefire and pledged that the US would standby the agreement and that talks would go smoothly in Islamabad. They told Iran to accept this
ceasefire. Israel has been accused of multiple war crimes since it launched ground operations in Lebanon in [mid-March](/news/2026/3/16/israeli-military-launches-limited-ground-operations-in-southern-lebanon), including that it used a “quadruple tap” method intended to maximise civilian harm from
negotiating position. “Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy attack on one of the American centres in the region and enemy ships,” the force said, a day after [US
negotiating team, said contained many lies. Later it was stressed that Araghchi had meant the strait was open only to ships authorised by the IRGC Navy and using permitted designated routes after paying the required
US and Israeli strikes on Iran. The start of the conflict sparked a new flurry of Hezbollah attacks on March 2, as part of a long-simmering conflict with Israel. Israel has responded with heavy
negotiated separate deals. On Monday the US began a naval blockade of all Iran-linked ships trying to pass through the strait, further compounding the traffic jam around the waterway through which a fifth