Iran blames US for Israeli ceasefire breaches as Trump tells both sides to ‘stop shooting’

June 8, 2026

The US president earlier said both sides “had their fun” and should stop, after Tehran fired missiles at Israel in response to Sunday’s strikes on Lebanon

Iran has accused the US of bearing “direct responsibility” for Israeli ceasefire violations after the IDF launched intensive airstrikes on what it said were Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Sunday. Tehran responded with a wave of retaliatory strikes on Israel, triggering fresh Israeli attacks on targets across the Islamic Republic.
The Israeli operation came despite US President Donald Trump reportedly urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to escalate further. Trump told Axios the strikes on Beirut had not been coordinated with Washington and insisted both sides “had their fun” and should stop. He later posted an uncharacteristically brief message on Truth Social: “Israel and Iran must immediately stop shooting.”
Israel, however, pressed ahead with strikes, with explosions reported in Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, and Karaj, as well as at the Karun Petrochemical Company in the Mahshahr Special Economic Zone, one of Iran’s main oil and petrochemical hubs.
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The renewed hostilities sent oil prices surging toward $100 a barrel. As of 09:30 GMT, Brent crude was up 4.2% at $96.90, while US benchmark WTI had gained 4.6% to $94.70.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Israel’s actions “cannot be viewed in isolation” from US policy, describing Washington as “directly responsible” for ceasefire breaches. He said Tehran and Pakistani mediators had repeatedly stressed that Lebanon was “part and parcel of the ceasefire agreement.”

Here are the key developments:

• The Israeli military says the air force has completed an “extensive” wave of strikes on Iranian air defense systems, with dozens of fighter jets targeting radar installations and surface-to-air missile launchers.
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• Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it launched a missile strike on petrochemical facilities in Haifa in retaliation for the IDF’s Mahshahr attack. The IRGC warned that attacks on energy infrastructure could expand the conflict to energy targets across the region.
• Iranian military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari claimed the IDF had used prohibited weapons, including white phosphorus, during strikes on southern Lebanon and the outskirts of Beirut.
• Yemen’s Houthis have reentered the conflict, saying they are reinstating a ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea and warning that Israel-linked vessels would once again be targeted. 

Netanyahu has ‘no choice’ on Iran deal – Trump

Israel will not decide the terms of an agreement with Tehran because “I call the shots,” the US president told the Financial Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have no choice but to accept any deal the US reaches with Tehran, President Donald Trump has said, declaring that he “calls the shots.”

Trump made the remarks in an interview with the Financial Times on Sunday, shortly after Iran fired a missile barrage at Israel in retaliation for Israeli airstrikes on Beirut. Tehran described the attack as a warning and threatened “crushing blows” if Israel continues its strikes in Lebanon or retaliates against Iran.

Earlier, Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs without issuing the warnings it typically gives before attacks in densely populated areas. The strike on a residential building killed at least two people and wounded 20 others, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

Trump said the Iranian missile strikes would not affect his push for a nuclear deal with Tehran. Iran has said a deal with the US must include a permanent Israeli ceasefire, effectively requiring Israel to end its attacks against Lebanon.

“He won’t have any choice,” Trump told outlet, referring to Netanyahu. “I call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn’t call the shots.”

“It’s not going to have any impact on the deal,” Trump said regarding the Iranian attack, adding that the missile barrage caused little damage. “We’ll see how it ends up. But they were attacks that did not hit at all.”

Trump’s remarks come days after Axios reported the details of a heated call between the two leaders, citing a US official as saying Trump told Netanyahu: “You’re f**king crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.” Trump later confirmed the call took place and did not dispute Axios’ characterization of the exchange.

Despite several US-brokered Israel-Lebanon ceasefires, including one that took effect last week, Israel has continued to strike targets in Lebanon almost daily in a sign of Washington’s limited ability to restrain its closest Middle East ally.

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Trump’s decision to halt the hostilities, calling it “the only correct one” and expressing hope that the truce will lead to a lasting peace.

Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum last week, Putin said he saw no Iranian provocation that would justify US-Israeli attacks.