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Home / US-Israel-Iran / U.S. push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump due to intense fighting in Lebanon
US‑Israel‑Iran, Diplomacy, Iran, Israel‑Iran, Middle East

June 19, 2026

U.S. push to get Iran talks started hits an early bump due to intense fighting in Lebanon

Iranians would be going into the talks with a measure of confidence after effectively shutting down the strait, causing global economic reverberations, said Rosemary Kelanic, director of the Middle East Program at Defense Priorities in Washington.

She said the U.S. is now “essentially trying to negotiate our way back to the prewar status quo.”

Read at Associated Press

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