{"id":7269,"date":"2026-06-14T16:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/trump-condemns-israels-attack-on-beirut-says-iran-deal-still-close\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T16:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:35:31","slug":"trump-condemns-israels-attack-on-beirut-says-iran-deal-still-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/trump-condemns-israels-attack-on-beirut-says-iran-deal-still-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump condemns Israel\u2019s attack on Beirut, says Iran deal still close"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>United States President Donald Trump has criticised Israel for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/14\/israel-issues-forced-displacement-orders-for-29-towns-in-southern-lebanon\">launching an attack<\/a> on Lebanon\u2019s capital, Beirut, on the day he has said a deal to end the US-Israel war with Iran could be signed.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said the Israeli attack on Beirut \u201cshould not have happened, particularly on a special day when we are so close to a Peace Deal with Iran\u201d.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/14\/iran-war-day-107-washington-tehran-close-to-signing-first-stage-of-deal\">Iran war day 107: Washington, Tehran close to signing first stage of deal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/6\/14\/signing-of-us-iran-deal-not-on-trumps-public-schedule\">Signing of US-Iran deal not on Trump\u2019s public schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/14\/will-the-us-iran-deal-be-signed-on-sunday-what-we-know-so-far\">Trump says US-Iran deal to be signed on Sunday: Will it be?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cWe are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon, and all sides should stand down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon, but there should also be no more attacks by any other party, including Hezbollah, against Israel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis could be the beginning of a long and beautiful peace \u2014 Let\u2019s not blow it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement came shortly after Iran\u2019s top negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Israel\u2019s attacks had again drawn US trust into question.<\/p>\n<p>The US and Israel twice launched attacks against Iran \u2013 sparking the 12-day war in 2025 and the current war on February 28 \u2013 amid ongoing indirect talks over Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, Ghalibaf said the US \u201ceither lacks the will to fulfil its commitments or the ability to do so\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you lack the will and ability to fulfil your commitments, speaking of continuing the path is not possible,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have said at least three people have been killed in the Israeli strikes on the Dahiyeh area of Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said the military launched the strikes in response to Hezbollah firing projectiles towards northern Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In his post on Truth Social, Trump questioned the justification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless, nobody was hurt, injured, or killed, and should not disrupt this important process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"us-says-signing-close\">US says signing close<\/h2>\n<p>Trump on Saturday said that a deal with Iran was \u201cscheduled\u201d to be signed on Sunday, with top mediator Pakistan indicating the signing would be digital.<\/p>\n<p>But Iranian officials have offered a slightly different timeline, with Esmaeil Baghaei, a spokesperson for Iran\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying on Saturday that the signing could take days.<\/p>\n<p>Still, both sides have broadly indicated that a signing of a memorandum of understanding to end fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon, was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/14\/anticipation-pushback-in-iran-as-mediators-work-to-finalise-deal-with-us\">closer than ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While no official terms of that initial agreement have been released, both sides have indicated that the Strait of Hormuz would be open, the US naval blockade lifted, and fighting would be immediately halted.<\/p>\n<p>Questions over the deeply entrenched issues of the future of Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, frozen Iranian assets and sanctions relief were expected to be addressed in a 60-day period following the initial signing.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Al Jazeera, Sami Nader, the director of the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs, called Israel\u2019s attacks on Sunday a \u201cstrategic test\u201d for both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has repeatedly pushed for Lebanon to be decoupled from any deal with Iran, he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is also a domestic intention, given the current upcoming election in Israel. Netanyahu has been criticised that he is not doing enough against Hezbollah, that he is very deferential, lenient to Trump,\u201d Nader said during a television interview.<\/p>\n<p>US officials have publicly said that US and Israeli objectives for the war <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/20\/what-us-israeli-targets-reveal-about-iran-war-goals-three-weeks-in\">diverge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"obama-weighs-in\">Obama weighs in<\/h2>\n<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/6\/14\/iran-war-live-trump-says-deal-to-be-signed-today-as-tehran-urges-caution\">fighting<\/a> between the US and Iran has been largely paused since April 8, barring a handful of flare-ups, efforts to reach a more lasting ceasefire have remained elusive.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly vowed to reach a deal more stringent than the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Under the deal, reached between Iran, the US, the United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, France, China and the European Union, Tehran agreed to limit its nuclear programme and allow for unprecedented inspections in exchange for sanctions relief.<\/p>\n<p>Critics said the timelines of the agreement were not strict enough, with Trump unilaterally withdrawing in 2018. Iran has for years denied seeking a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview on the ABC News programme \u201cThis Week\u201d released on Sunday, former US President Barack Obama said it was unlikely a better deal on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme could be negotiated than the one his administration negotiated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is doubtful that any agreement that arises is going to be significantly different or a significant improvement from the deal that we had in the first place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Obama added that the US can not \u201cjust bully our way or bomb our way to solutions\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019d think we would have learned that lesson by now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United States President Donald Trump has criticised Israel for launching an attack on Lebanon\u2019s capital, Beirut, on the day he has said a deal to end the US-Israel war with Iran could be signed. 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