Iran to suspend talks with the U.S. over Israeli actions in Lebanon and Gaza, state media say

Iran's negotiating team will suspend peace talks with the U.S. over Israel's ongoing war with Hezbollah in Lebanon and other perceived violations of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, according to Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Tasnim, which is close to the country's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said Iran would halt "talks and the exchange of texts through a mediator" given the "continuation of the Zionist regime's crimes in Lebanon."

Echoing statements earlier in the day from Iranian officials, Tasnim said Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon was included in the ceasefire, which it said was being violated "on all fronts."

The U.N. Security Council is set to hold an emergency meeting Monday on the war in Lebanon, after Israeli forces seized a medieval castle far north of the border between the two countries. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also ordered strikes on what he describes as Hezbollah's "terror headquarters" in Beirut. 

According to Tasnim, Iran has repeatedly emphasised that Israeli operations in Gaza and Lebanon must cease, and that its forces must withdraw from Lebanese territory as part of any peace agreement with the U.S.