{"id":5163,"date":"2026-06-21T18:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=5163"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T18:55:40","slug":"trump-warns-iran-of-strikes-over-alleged-hezbollah-support-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=5163","title":{"rendered":"Trump warns Iran of strikes over alleged Hezbollah support in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned that Iran could face strikes if it failed to stop Hezbollah from \u201ccausing trouble\u201d, as senior US and Iranian officials began peace negotiations in Switzerland.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The talks began amid renewed tensions in recent days between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, a Tehran-backed ally, in southern Lebanon, raising concerns that the clashes could undermine a preliminary peace understanding reached between Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble,\u201d Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. \u201cIf they don\u2019t, we\u2019ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The warning came after Israeli airstrikes killed at least 30 people in eastern and southern Lebanon on Saturday. The violence was followed by a temporary pause in fighting later that evening after the Israeli military was instructed to halt clashes with Hezbollah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A memorandum of understanding signed on Wednesday between the United States and Iran calls for a cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at the start of the talks in Switzerland on Sunday, US Vice President JD Vance said there had been \u201cgreat progress in the last just couple of days\u201d in maintaining the ceasefire in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re all working towards regional peace,\u201d Vance said, adding that he felt positive about the situation in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s still some additional wood to chop but we\u2019re going to keep on working at it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vance also claimed that President Trump and the United States had done more than any other country in recent months to help end the conflict in Lebanon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned that Iran could face strikes if it failed to stop Hezbollah from \u201ccausing trouble\u201d, as senior US and Iranian officials began peace&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1456,2018,2390],"class_list":["post-5163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-hezbollah","tag-israel-lebanon-conflict","tag-us-iran-peace-talks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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