The ceasefire between Iran and the United States “could turn on a dime,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting on Monday, according to multiple Hebrew media reports. Netanyahu said US Vice President JD Vance briefed him while returning from talks with Iran in Pakistan. According to the premier, Washington viewed Tehran as having violated the terms of the agreement. “The Americans could not tolerate Iran's blatant violation of the agreement to enter negotiations,” Netanyahu said. “The agreement was that they would stop the fire, and the Iranians would immediately open the Strait [of Hormuz] — they did not do so. The Americans could not accept this.” Also Read: Lebanon War Escalates: Israel Says Nearing Capture Of Key Hezbollah Stronghold Bint Jbeil The Times of Israel reported that Netanyahu added that, from the US perspective, the core issue remains Iran's nuclear programme. "Vance conveyed that Washington's priority is “removing all enriched material and ensuring that there will be no enrichment in the coming years, possibly for decades, no enrichment inside Iran,” Netanyahu said. According to The Times of Israel, Netanyahu also expressed support for US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a naval blockade on Iranian ports, noting that both sides remain closely aligned. “The claims that there is a rift between us (US-Israel) are completely false,” Netanyahu said. “The exact opposite is true. Anyone who was present in these conversations, and in the daily discussions we hold with the president and his team, can attest to that.” “This level of coordination has never existed before, not in the history of Israel, and not in the history of the Jewish people,” he added. Essential Business Intelligence, Continuous LIVE TV, Sharp Market Insights, Practical Personal Finance Advice and Latest Stories — On NDTV Profit.
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International mediators have proposed a 10-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran, according to a senior Iranian official cited in reports. The measure is described as intended to reduce hostilities and allow renewed talks on a prior interim agreement.
Both sides are assessing next steps in the current regional security situation.
Reports indicate that a US-Iran ceasefire has broken down amid renewed fighting, with the potential impact of mediation efforts by Pakistan, Qatar, and Oman remaining unclear. Earlier diplomatic steps included a June memorandum of understanding between the parties for further negotiations and talks hosted in Geneva in February.
The summary also references Europe’s historical role in diplomacy, including the 1814-15 Congress of Vienna.
Donald Trump stated in a Fox News interview that his representatives had spoken with Iranian officials an hour earlier and that those officials wanted to make a deal to end the conflict, though he noted they had broken prior agreements and expressed uncertainty about whether one would be reached.
He added that people do not want to die and that Iran would need to proceed carefully to avoid further losses. The remarks come amid an ongoing US-Iran conflict that has involved casualties and shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, with some social media users criticizing the repetition of similar statements.
Why the Iran-US ceasefire is falling apart Iran and the US have resumed fighting because they don’t see each other as ‘reliable negotiating partners’, says analyst Ali Vaez. Neither Iran nor the United States seems able to deliver a “knockout blow at an acceptable price” to the other side, and both know “they have no choice other than engaging in diplomacy”, but they’re not ready to make uncomfortable concessions, argues Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at International Crisis Group.
Vaez tells host Steve Clemons that Tehran and Washington are trying to “enforce their own interpretation” of the ceasefire agreement they signed last month. President Trump has become “frustrated” with diplomacy because he’s not seeing “the kind of quick results that he likes to see”, Vaez says.