The regional conflict has hardened into a stalemate as the U.S. and Iran failed to turn a fragile ceasefire into a lasting peace deal.

The United States and Iran said Monday they had again traded strikes, straining an already fragile ceasefire as negotiations between the two sides have stalled.Weeks of…

Iran again said it had not yet reopened any nuclear negotiations and insisted that Israel must halt its offensive in Lebanon before any wider deal to end the war can be agreed.

The regional conflict has hardened into a stalemate as the U.S. and Iran failed to turn a fragile ceasefire into a lasting peace deal.

Iran and the US said last week that they had reached a tentative initial agreement to halt the war. But the two sides have yet to sign off on the deal.