Iran plays hardball on Lebanon, threatening US ceasefire talks

Iran plays hardball on Lebanon, threatening US ceasefire talks

Iran flexed its leverage in the Strait of Hormuz this week, forcing President Trump to lean on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back deadly strikes in Lebanon ahead of ceasefire negotiations planned in Pakistan this weekend.  However, Israeli attacks on Lebanon continued into Friday, and there’s still almost no shipping traffic passing through…

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