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Iran halted indirect ceasefire talks with the United States in protest of continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon and Gaza, as a ceasefire to the Iran War entered its 55th day on Monday. Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, citing unnamed Iranian officials, said Monday that “there will be no dialogue until…the immediate halt of [Israel’s] aggressive and brutal military operations in Gaza and Lebanon, and the necessity of a full withdrawal of [Israel] from occupied areas in Lebanon.” Tasnim also reported that Iran had placed on its agenda the full closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the activation of additional fronts, including to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, in order to punish Israel “and its backers.” Iranian officials said that…Open
Tina Peters, the ex-county clerk who was convicted in a scheme to breach voting systems in search of evidence of election fraud in 2020, has been released from prison.
The authorities did not say why they had barred Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker, who have popular social media channels, but said their presence “may not be conducive to the public good.”
The speaker of the Lebanese parliament, Nabih Berri, told the Trump administration on Sunday that Hezbollah is ready for a full and immediate ceasefire with Israel and pledged to guarantee its implementation, Berri's top adviser Ali Hamdan told Axios. Why it matters: The fighting in Lebanon is escalating and threatening to derail the chances of a deal to end the war in Iran, particularly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now threatening to strike Beirut. - Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday that Iran's negotiating team was suspending its exchange of messages with the U.S., through the mediators, in protest of Israel's actions in Lebanon. Zoom in: Berri is one of the most powerful Shia politicians in…