Iran has severed all diplomatic talks with the United States, accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire by bombing its proxy militia Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Iran’s top negotiators on Monday stopped exchanging messages with the US through Pakistani intermediaries as Tehran vowed to fully shut down the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Iranian state-affiliated news outlet Tasnim.
The report claims Iran cut off communication because it believes one of the preconditions for the ceasefire was a halt to the IDF’s continued attacks on its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon.
The Trump administration has spent recent weeks trying to quell the fighting by brokering a temporary ceasefire between Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and Lebanon, but those efforts have not succeeded.
Oil markets went into a frenzy following news of the ceasefire’s collapse, with crude prices climbing more than 6%.
The closure of the strait, which traffics one-fifth of all global oil, has raised gas prices across the globe for months.
Just hours prior on Monday, Trump claimed that Iran ‘really wants to make a deal’ and that a comprehensive peace agreement with the regime remains within reach.
The Daily Mail has contacted the White House for comment.
Iran’s top negotiators on Monday stopped exchanging messages with the US through Pakistani intermediaries as Tehran vowed to fully shut down the Strait of Hormuz
Iran cut off communication with US diplomats after accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire with continued bombings in Lebanon
The closure of the strait, which traffics one-fifth of all global oil, has raised gas prices across the globe for months
