🇺🇸 영어 원문
Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.
WASHINGTON, DC – Iran says it’s suspending talks with U.S. if Israel does not halt its expanding offensive in Lebanon.
Iran on Monday announced it was halting all communications with the U.S. unless Israel stops its expanding military offensive in southern Lebanon, the semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim said.
Referring to Israel, the news agency said that “given the continuation of the Zionist regime’s crimes in Lebanon and considering that Lebanon was one of the preconditions for the ceasefire and that this ceasefire has now been violated on all fronts, including Lebanon, the Iranian negotiating team is stopping ‘talks and exchange of texts through a mediator.'”
It demanded an end to the “aggressive and brutal army operations in Gaza and Lebanon” and called for Israel’s “complete withdrawal from the occupied areas in Lebanon.”
There was no immediate confirmation from senior Iranian officials that diplomatic messages – mostly relayed via Pakistan between the warring parties – were being suspended.
The Iranian announcement came shortly after Israel’s military warned residents of Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, a stronghold of the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah — to leave ahead of planned air strikes. Hours later, those attacks had yet to be launched.
President Trump took to Truth Social in the wake of the Iranian declaration to say that he had spoken to both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and, via intermediaries, to Hezbollah leaders, and said he had secured pledges to end the fighting that has left the ceasefire in tatters.
“I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back. Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel,” Trump wrote on the social media platform he owns.
He later added that “Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
But Netanyahu issued a statement saying the Israeli military would “continue operating in southern Lebanon as planned.”
“I spoke this evening with President Trump and told him that if Hezbollah does not stop attacking our cities and civilians, Israel will strike terrorist targets in Beirut,” he said.
Trump has been under growing pressure to resolve the stalemate that has left the Strait of Hormuz closed for months. Before the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran three months ago, a fifth of the world’s oil supply passed through the strategic waterway. That traffic has all but ground to a halt under competing U.S. and Iranian blockades, sending prices around the globe soaring.
Trump had seemed like he was confident about talks with Iran earlier.
🇰🇷 한국어 요약
중동 지역의 갈등이 심화되고 있습니다. 이란은 이스라엘이 레바논 남부의 군사 공격을 중단하지 않으면 미국과의 대화를 중단하겠다고 발표했습니다. 이는 휴전 조건 중 하나였던 레바논에서의 무력 사용이 계속되고 있기 때문입니다. 트럼프 대통령은 이스라엘과 헤즈볼라 지도자와 통화하여 교전을 중단하기로 약속했다고 주장했지만, 이스라엘은 레바논 남부 작전을 계속하겠다고 밝혔습니다. 또한 호르무즈 해협이 폐쇄되어 석유 수송에 차질이 빚어지고 있어 국제적인 우려가 커지고 있습니다.
🔑 핵심 단어 (Vocabulary)
- Escalating – 격화되다, 증대하다 – Conflict in the Middle East has been escalating.
- Offensive – 공세, 공격 – Israel does not halt its expanding offensive in Lebanon.
- Ceasefire – 휴전 – Lebanon was one of the preconditions for the ceasefire.
- Diplomatic – 외교적인 – There was no immediate confirmation from senior Iranian officials that diplomatic messages were being suspended.
- Intermediaries – 중개자, 중재자 – He had spoken to… via intermediaries, to Hezbollah leaders.
- Stalemate – 교착 상태, 막다른 골목 – Trump has been under growing pressure to resolve the stalemate.
- Strategic – 전략적인 – Before the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran, a fifth of the world’s oil supply passed through the strategic waterway.
- Blockades – 봉쇄 – Traffic has all but ground to a halt under competing U.S. and Iranian blockades.
- Withdrawal – 철수 – Called for Israel’s complete withdrawal from the occupied areas in Lebanon.
- Negotiating – 협상하는 – The Iranian negotiating team is stopping talks and exchange of texts.
🔗 원문 링크
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/g-s1-125285/iran-israel-us-lebanon-gaza