Iran Puts a Pause on Ceasefire Talks with the U.S.
WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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| 0:25.6 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. The shooting resumes in |
| 0:33.4 | the Middle East as Iran and the United States exchange fire over dueling claims of violating |
| 0:39.2 | the ceasefire. And Iran puts talks with the U.S. on pause because Israel continues to bomb |
| 0:47.3 | Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, or at least that's their explanation. So where does the war |
| 0:53.2 | stand now? Much is up in the air. |
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| 1:11.8 | Welcome to Potomac Watch. |
| 1:13.5 | I'm Paul as you go with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages, |
| 1:16.3 | and those are our subjects for today. |
| 1:18.6 | And I am here with my colleague, Elliot Kaufman, |
| 1:21.9 | who follows the Iran War and the negotiations very closely. |
| 1:26.8 | So let's start there, Elliot. |
| 1:28.6 | So this back and forth, volleying has happened now, what, about three times, four times |
| 1:34.9 | in the last few days? |
| 1:37.0 | And it threatens the ceasefire each time, but doesn't break it down totally. |
| 1:40.5 | And then here on Monday, you get this big break from Iran saying, well, sorry, we're calling |
| 1:45.6 | the whole thing off, at least for now, because Israel continues to bomb Hezbollah. But the question |
| 1:52.3 | in my mind is, that's what Iran really wants, just to delay, delay, delay. I think that's what |
| 1:58.0 | it looks like, especially with the Lebanon arena, because you have Hezbollah, which is in Iranian proxy. |
| 2:07.1 | Right. |
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