Iran formally stopped negotiations with the United States on Monday June 1: Iranian negotiators ceased exchanging messages through intermediaries in protest of Israel's expanding military offensive in southern Lebanon, and Iran's state-affiliated Tasnim news agency reported that "the resistance front and Iran have resolved to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and activate other fronts including the Bab al-Mandeb Strait." Tehran's stated conditions for resuming include sanctions relief, domestic nuclear rights, and sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.