By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK, June 1 (Reuters) - Oil prices surged more than $6 per barrel on Monday after Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported that Tehran’s negotiating team has halted message exchanges with the United States and its allied “Resistance Front” are considering measures to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and choking other waterways including the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Iran and the United States remain engaged in fragile diplomatic efforts to secure a broader ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, even as military tensions and mutual accusations continue to thre

Trump also told CNBC he’d be speaking with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for an update on “what’s going on with Lebanon” and later posted on Truth Social that the Israeli leader had assured him that “there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back.”

Iran war news live updates: Iran has relayed that a ceasefire in Lebanon is a must for a deal with the United States. Iran's statement comes as Israel expands its attacks and military operations in southern Lebanon.

Oman was one of the countries targeted by Tehran in in the early stages of the war between Iran, the U.S. and Israel.