Negotiations were suspended because of Israel's escalating military attacks in Lebanon and U.S. strikes, an Iranian official told The Post.

The Iranian semi-official Tasnim news agency said on June 1 that Tehran's negotiating team would stop communicating with Washington through mediators in protest of Israel's widening ground invasion and bombardment of Lebanon,

Iran on Monday blamed ⁠the ⁠slow pace of efforts to ⁠end the U.S.-Iran conflict on a lack of trust, contradictory ​positions from Washington and continued Israeli attacks in the region. "Negotiations have started amid severe ‌suspicion and mistrust,

Earlier Israel's PM ordered strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs in response to Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on Israeli civilians.

Iran is halting indirect negotiations with the U.S. after Israel ordered troops to push deeper ⁠into ⁠Lebanon to battle Tehran-backed Hezbollah, the Iranian news agency Tasnim said on ⁠Monday, complicating diplomatic efforts to end three months of war.

Israeli forces capture Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon after fierce battles with Hezbollah, as 50,000 U.S. troops in the region await further developments.

The US and Iran traded messages over the weekend seeking changes to a draft agreement that would extend a ceasefire and open the Strait of Hormuz, but it was unclear whether the sides were making much progress.

Iranian officials are set to halt their participation in the negotiations with the United States over Israel’s continued strikes in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, according to Iranian state media. Tasnim,