Iran Axes Peace Talks With U.S. as Trump Spirals (opens in new tab)

Iran on Monday suspended all peace talks with the U.S., just hours after President Trump claimed Iran “really wants to make a deal.”Tehran placed the blame on Israel, which it said violated the trifold ceasefire agreement when Israeli troops captured Beaufort Castle, a 12th-century Crusader fortress in southern Lebanon, over the weekend.Israel had previously used the castle, also known as Qalaat al-Shaqif, as a base during its occupation of southern Lebanon between 1982 and 2000. The offensiv...