US-Iran ceasefire under strain
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard says it will deliver a "regret-inducing response" if Israeli strikes on Lebanon don't stop immediately, according to state media. Lebanese officials say Israel has killed more than 250 people in a wave of attacks targeting Hezbollah that brought down several buildings in Beirut. The US and Israel say Lebanon is not included in the ceasefire deal.
Despite the internet blackout in most of Iran, we look at how Iranians have been reacting to the two-week ceasefire. And we look ahead to negotiations to end the war due to be held in Pakistan on Saturday.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:12.1 | I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 9th of April, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.6 | Hezbollah says it's fired rockets into northern Israel in retaliation for Israel's massive strikes |
| 0:24.4 | across Lebanon, which killed and wounded well over 1,000 people. |
| 0:29.3 | Iran says the strikes constitute a violation of its ceasefire with the US, which has been |
| 0:34.9 | denied by the US Vice President. |
| 0:36.6 | He's being dispatched to Pakistan this weekend to continue peace negotiations. |
| 0:44.3 | Also in this podcast, a woman who admitted selling drugs that led to the death of the |
| 0:49.1 | Friends actor Matthew Perry is sentenced. |
| 0:52.3 | The desperation that led Perry to these individuals was not met with help, |
| 0:57.6 | as it should have been from the doctors. And the astronauts on the Artemis II mission speak to the |
| 1:03.8 | media about their return journey home and their highlights so far. |
| 1:12.3 | There are signs the ceasefire agreed by the United States and Iran is already under strain. |
| 1:18.8 | Iran is warning ships will require permission to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. |
| 1:23.7 | The US Vice President J.D. Vance denies Iran's claim the waterway is closed and says there'll be serious consequences if shipping is impeded. |
| 1:33.1 | The president's very clear. The deal is a ceasefire, a negotiation. That's what we give. And what they give is that straits are going to be reopened. If we don't see that happening, the president is not going abide by our terms if the Iranians are not abiding by their terms. Also threatening the ceasefire |
| 1:49.9 | is Israel's intensified air strikes on Lebanon. Lebanon's civil defense agency says more than |
| 1:56.5 | 250 people were killed in the attacks. Hezbollah says it's fired rockets into northern Israel in |
| 2:03.6 | retaliation. Israel maintains the ceasefire doesn't apply to its war on Hezbollah in Lebanon, |
| 2:09.8 | which is backed by Iran, but Tehran and Pakistan, who brokered the deal, insist it is part of the |
| 2:15.9 | agreement. For more on the continuing strikes in |
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