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Trump curbs Netanyahu’s Lebanon plans after Iran threatens to walk away
Summary
• The IRGC said on Monday its navy targeted the MSC Sariska V near Iraq's Umm Qasr port with a cruise missile in retaliation for a US military strike on the Iran-bound Gambia-flagged bulk carrier Lian Star in the Sea of Oman,describing the ship as owned by an “American-Israeli enemy.”
• Donald Trump said talks with Iran are continuing rapidly afterhe unilaterally declared a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah following a phone call with Israel's prime minister.
• Iran's negotiating team is stopping message exchanges with the United States through mediators over Israel's attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported, after Iran's Parliament Speaker said the US naval blockade and Israeli attacks in Lebanon showed US noncompliance with the ceasefire.
•US President Donald Trump told critics of his Iran diplomacy to “sit back and relax,” saying Tehran really wants to reach a deal with the United States.
• Iranian Foreign Minister AbbasAraghchi said on Monday that the ceasefire between Iran and the United States covered “all fronts,” including Lebanon.
• Two Iranian protesters were hanged on Monday after they were arrested during nationwide demonstrations in January, the judiciary’s Mizan News reported.
• Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman on Mondayaccused Israel and the US of ceasefire violations in the region
• Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its Aerospace Force targeted the air base from which a recent US attack was launched after what it described as an American strike on a telecommunications tower in Sirik in Hormozgan province.
• US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it conducted strikes on Iranian radar installations and drone command-and-control sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Islandover the weekend in response to what it described as aggressive Iranian actions.
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Iran leaders lie for a living, everything they say is suspect. I hope the radicals are eliminated otherwise there will never be peace.