Lebanon becomes a test of Trump’s Iran diplomacy By suspending talks with Washington over Israel’s campaign in Lebanon, Tehran has raised the stakes of postwar diplomacy and posed a critical question: is it successfully increasing its leverage, or overplaying its hand? President Donald Trump announced Monday that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to halt attacks following a flurry of calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and intermediaries linked to the Iranian-backed group. Hours earlier, however, Iran suspended talks with Washington, citing Israel’s military operations in Lebanon and threatening to open new fronts in the conflict. The diplomatic turmoil comes…
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