Not Trump, but Iran behind Lebanon truce? US President left red-faced after real dealmaker revealed

A behind-the-scenes power struggle is brewing over who really brokered the fragile Israel–Lebanon ceasefire. While Donald Trump publicly claimed credit for the 10-day pause, new reports suggest Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba and Tehran’s negotiators quietly drove the deal from the shadows. Iranian officials and parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf insist the truce was won by Hezbollah’s battlefield resilience and the unity of the so-called Axis of Resistance, not by U.S. pressure. Tehran also reportedly warned Washington that if Israel struck Lebanon again, Iran could walk away from the understanding. Within hours, Lebanese forces were already accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire with fresh strikes on southern villages. As Trump urged Hezbollah to “act nicely and well” on social media, conflicting accounts surfaced over siren alerts and airstrikes, fueling allegations of Israeli military misinformation and exposing just how fragile this ceasefire really is.