Iran stops peace talks with U.S. to protest Israel's continued bombardment of Lebanon

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 1, 2026 at 12:06 PM EDT

Iran’s semi-official Iranian Tasnim news agency reports that Iran is stopping talks with the U.S. to protest Israel expanding its push into Lebanon.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Jim Walsh, senior research associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s security studies program and Here & Now security analyst.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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