{"id":559,"date":"2026-06-19T18:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=559"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:18:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:18:27","slug":"us-iran-talks-delayed-after-israeli-bombardment-of-lebanon-kills-at-least-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=559","title":{"rendered":"US-Iran Talks Delayed After Israeli Bombardment of Lebanon Kills at Least 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with <\/span><\/i><i><span>a donation<\/span><\/i><i><span> of any size.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=557\">UN Expert Calls for Global Condemnation After 3 More Killed in Trump Boat Strike<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>US and Iranian delegations delayed plans to travel to Switzerland on Friday for the opening round of talks to cement the details of a peace agreement as the Israeli military bombarded southern Lebanon, killing at least 18 people and threatening once again to derail momentum toward a diplomatic resolution.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reported that \u201cmediators worked to reschedule the meetings crucial for starting talks over a permanent end to the Iran war, with much of the attention focused on Lebanon.\u201d Iran\u2019s leadership has insisted that ending Israeli attacks on Lebanon is critical to ending the war, and the memorandum of understanding signed earlier this week calls for \u201cthe immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s military, which joined the US in launching the war on Iran in late February, carried out strikes throughout southern Lebanon on Friday, hours after US Vice President JD Vance \u2014 who was supposed to travel to Switzerland \u2014 publicly complained about the Israeli leadership\u2019s tendency to launch bombing campaigns during critical stages of the Trump administration\u2019s talks with Iran. Last weekend, Israeli forces bombed Beirut shortly after US President Donald Trump announced plans to sign the memorandum of understanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe seem to be right on the cusp of a major breakthrough in the agreement, and then all of a sudden, there\u2019s a major explosion that goes off in a civilian population center in Beirut, and a lot of people who have nothing to do with Hezbollah lose their lives,\u201d Vance told reporters on Thursday. \u201cThat\u2019s not acceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roqayah Chamseddine, a southern Lebanese writer, reported that \u201cthe intense Israeli bombardment\u201d on Friday \u201ctargeted populated residential neighborhoods in the Nabatieh district, committing massacres in the towns of Dweir Harouf, Al-Sharqiya, and Kfar Sir, while also striking Kfar Roumman, Haboush, Jebchit, Toul, and Deir al-Zahrani.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople had only just begun returning to their villages,\u201d Chamseddine wrote. \u201cThe renewed Israeli aggression quickly expanded into the Western Bekaa Valley, where Israeli warplanes targeted the heights of Abu Rashed and launched attacks along the Litani River valley near the town of Zalaya.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=555\">The Story of Juneteenth Reminds Us That Education Is Essential to Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Four Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon on Friday by a Hezbollah attack on an Israeli tank, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The attack prompted Israel\u2019s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to declare that \u201call of Lebanon must burn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect to the Americans, Israel must make it clear to the entire world that the blood of our sons and the security of our citizens are not forfeited,\u201d Ben-Gvir added.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump White House cited logistical challenges in a statement announcing the delay of the US delegation\u2019s departure to Switzerland, not mentioning Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>But the Lebanese outlet Al Mayadeen reported that the Israeli assault on Lebanon was central to the Iranian delegation\u2019s decision to postpone its planned trip on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe delegation had already been preparing to depart Iran and launch the first round of negotiations, scheduled to span 60 days, before the decision to suspend the trip was made,\u201d Al Mayadeen reported, citing an unnamed source. \u201cTehran had previously informed both Washington and the mediators that the Lebanon file remains a central component of the negotiations and will directly influence whether the talks proceed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=552\">Choice to Keep Coal Plants Open Will Cost Some Coloradans Their Lives<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US and Iranian delegations both delayed plans to travel to Switzerland for the opening round of negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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