Iran Says Talks Will Focus on Ending Regional Conflicts

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said Iran has decided to focus negotiations on ending the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, and will not discuss nuclear details at this stage. The spokesman made the remarks as Iran hosted talks with Pakistani and Qatari officials aimed at easing tensions with the United States.

Discussions in Tehran covered a possible ceasefire, sanctions, frozen assets, and nuclear issues, though no final agreement has been reached.

Five police force members were killed and six others wounded in an Israeli strike on a police position near the Sheikh Radwan area of northern Gaza on Saturday, according to Gaza’s General Directorate of Police. Israeli forces issued displacement orders for residents of 11 towns and villages in southern Lebanon, instructing people to leave immediately and move at least 1,000 metres away.

Israeli attacks across southern and eastern Lebanon on Saturday killed at least two people and wounded several others, including Syrian workers, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency.

Pakistan’s army chief met Iran’s foreign minister twice and held a meeting with Iran’s president during his second visit to Tehran. Qatar’s emir discussed the Pakistan-led mediation with U.S. President Donald Trump by telephone. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre reported receiving accounts of suspicious activity in the Gulf of Aden.

Iranian officials have stated that the Strait of Hormuz remains under their control following coordination with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.