High-ranking security officials informed the state-run PressTV that the country has the capability to mobilize for a total defense at any time against what they consider foreign incursions into their sovereign space. Mohamad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, denounced that the United States and Israel violated three key points of the ten-point peace proposal that served as the basis for talks scheduled in Pakistan. Qalibaf specifically pointed to the violation of airspace by a drone, the denial of the right to uranium enrichment, and the deliberate exclusion of Lebanon from the ceasefire. Faced with this scenario, the official stated that the negotiation lost its logical sense and that maintaining a bilateral ceasefire is, under these conditions, unfeasible for his nation's interests. Nevertheless, the government of Benjamin Netanyahu maintains the thesis that Lebanon constitutes a separate front from the current negotiations, which allows the continuity of its armed incursions. Karoline Leavitt, White House spokesperson, clarified in her recent press conference that Lebanon was left out of the ceasefire agreement established between the United States and Iran. This clarification clashes head-on with the version of Iranian authorities, who demand an end to Israeli aggressions against the neighboring nation as a requirement of the pact. Military tension escalated after the report from the newspaper Etemad about the activation of anti-aircraft batteries in the Iranian capital. The Donald Trump administration issued a definitive warning to the government of Tehran: the validity of the current ceasefire is conditioned on the Strait of Hormuz remaining open without restrictions. This official stance from the White House arises in a context of extreme diplomatic fragility, where Israel's military operations in Lebanon and the recent defensive activity in Iranian territory cast doubt on the viability of any short-term peace agreement.
Iran Accuses US and Israel of Undermining Peace Talks
Iran claimed the US and Israel violated a ten-point peace plan, leading to the suspension of talks. In response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon, Tehran closed the Strait of Hormuz. The White House warned that the ceasefire is conditional on the strait remaining open.