US House rebukes Trump as Iran talks stall amid renewed violence

The US House of Representatives voted to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to pursue military action in Iran as negotiations with Tehran stalled and fresh violence raised tensions across the region.

House vote delivers symbolic rebuke

The House approved the non-binding resolution 215-208, with four Republicans joining Democrats in favour. The measure was described in the source as largely symbolic because the president can veto it if the Senate approves the measure.

“This is a loud and unambiguous message to Donald Trump on behalf of the American people: it’s time to end his deeply unpopular and illegal war of choice in Iran,”

Democrats posted on X, according to the source.

Talks with Tehran remain deadlocked

Weeks of talks had failed to reach a deal to end the war and re-open the Strait of Hormuz, the source said. Washington has set demands it wants Tehran to meet for any peace agreement, including turning over near-weapons-grade enriched uranium, curbing nuclear activities and re-opening the Strait of Hormuz, the source reported.

At a congressional hearing, according to the source, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpiles were central to discussions with Tehran. The source also quoted President Trump telling reporters at the White House,

“it could happen… over the weekend.”

Renewed violence: Kuwait airport strike and regional flare-ups

The source reported a wave of renewed hostilities, including an Iranian drone strike on a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport that killed one person and wounded 63, according to Kuwaiti officials.

Kuwait’s military condemned the strike as an act of “criminal Iranian aggression,” and the source said Kuwait suspended air traffic and diverted arriving planes before later restarting Kuwait Airways flights. The international airport had been targeted several times during the war and had only fully resumed operations on Monday, the source reported.

The source also reported that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards denied attacking the airport, saying it was “an error in the American Patriot systems, which landed on the terminal after failing to intercept Iranian missiles,” and that the Revolutionary Guards accused US forces of provoking a response by targeting a tanker and a communications tower on Qeshm Island.

Regional ceasefires and risks of escalation

The source said Israel and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire after two days of direct talks that require a “complete cessation” of fire by Hezbollah and envisage “pilot zones” where Lebanese armed forces would take exclusive control of territory to the exclusion of non-state actors, “with the guidance of the United States.” Further talks were planned in the week of June 22 aiming toward a “comprehensive agreement,” the source reported.

Despite the agreement, the source reported that Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange fire, with Hezbollah claiming missile attacks on northern Israel and Lebanon saying Israeli strikes in the south killed at least nine people, including two paramedics.

The source quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as saying,

“Communications with the Americans have not been cut off, and messages have been exchanged regarding the need to stop aggression against Beirut, but no tangible progress has been made in the negotiation process.”

He warned that

“Any attack on Beirut will have grave consequences and will lead to a full-scale resumption of the war,”

and said, according to the source,

“Our armed forces are ready to strike Israel if it attacks Beirut.”

The source quoted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accusing Iran of “playing with fire” and saying,

“Iran surely knows what the (US) president has said, that if necessary, there’ll be a full-scale return to military action.”

The source also reported President Trump’s comment on renewed hostilities:

“In that part of the world ceasefire is when you’re shooting in a more moderate manner.”

Outlook

The House resolution represents a political rebuke from Congress as diplomatic efforts between Washington and Tehran remained stalled and violence, including the deadly strike at Kuwait’s airport, added new pressure to already fragile ceasefire arrangements in the region.