Middle East Tensions Escalate: Iran, Pakistan Claim Ceasefire Includes Lebanon, but Israel and US Disagree A fragile ceasefire in the Iran conflict appears to be on shaky ground as Iran, Pakistan, and Lebanon claim the agreement includes the latter, but Israel and the US vehemently disagree. The situation has taken a dramatic turn with Israel intensifying its bombing campaign in Lebanon and Iran halting oil tanker passage due to alleged Israeli ceasefire breaches. Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has accused Israel and the US of violating key clauses of the provisional ceasefire, citing aggressive bombing of Lebanon and a US demand that Iran be prohibited from enriching its own uranium. As tensions rise, the international community is left wondering whether the ceasefire can hold, and what the consequences will be if it ultimately collapses.


Iran and mediator Pakistan say ceasefire includes Lebanon but Israel and US disagree. Plus, how Korean fried chicken took over the worldGood morning.The fate of the two-week ceasefire in the Iran conflict looked in peril as both sides gave divergent versions of what had been agreed, Israel intensified its bombing campaign in Lebanon and Iran halted the passage of oil tankers because of an alleged Israeli ceasefire breach.What has Iran said? In a sharply worded statement, Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Israel and the US had violated several clauses of the provisional ceasefire, and he decried Israel’s aggressive bombing of Lebanon and a US demand that Iran should have no right to enrich its own uranium.This is a developing story. Follow our liveblog here.What was said in the video about Mamdani? The videos feature the organization’s founder, Yisrael Yaacob Ben Avraham, describing Mamdani as a “Muslim terrorist” and a “cancer”, and his election as a “harbinger” of “a creeping Islamic takeover of America”. Continue reading...