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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
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 a key sticking
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 of Hezbollah can now be determined only after
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
US will act as a neutral mediator, as historically Washington has favoured Israel’s interests over those of other parties in the region, including Beirut. In the run-up to negotiations, however, Saudi Arabia
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
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
Lebanon United States Vice President JD Vance has said [he believes progress](/news/liveblog/2026/5/14/trump-xi-summit-live-us-china-leaders-to-hold-talks-on-trade-tech-iran) is being made in negotiations with Iran, despite President Donald Trump rejecting Tehran’s latest proposal as unacceptable. The comments come
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
US, Israel and many Lebanese, who accuse the group of defending the interests of its patron, Iran, and dragging the country into unnecessary wars. Supporters say Hezbollah is the only protection they have
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
negotiations between Iran and the US remain [deadlocked](/news/2026/5/11/unacceptable-whats-irans-peace-proposal-that-trump-has-rejected). The US is demanding that Iran dismantle its nuclear programme and lift its restrictions on the strait. Iran has countered with calls for war reparations
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
role:** Mohammad Akraminia said Iran’s air force carried out strikes on “enemy bases” across the region and penetrated US-designed defences, saying more than 170 aircraft were hit during the six weeks
role in achieving this mission,” he added. On Thursday, Trump revealed that Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu and Lebanon’s President Aoun could meet in Washington over the next week or two to discuss
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
role in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil transit chokepoint through which roughly a fifth of global energy exports passes. “The White House is left with a set of bad options