Deal or no deal?
What are the terms?
Trump claims this has been signed, but, the signing is supposed to take place in Switzerland on Friday..
Sadly, your guess is as good as mine.
The United States and Iran are set to sign an initial agreement in Geneva on Friday to end the US-Israel war on Iran, begin a 60-day negotiation process, and resume traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan, which has taken the lead in mediating peace talks, will host the signing in Switzerland.
However, neither side has yet published details of the agreement, so it is unclear to what extent Iran and the US have reached agreements on any major issues – or even whether to discuss them in the upcoming talks.
While US President Donald Trump has indicated that Iran’s nuclear programme will be part of any final agreement, he has made no mention at all of other previous US demands – such as dismantling Iran’s ballistic missiles programme or ending its support for proxy armed groups in the region.
“The only thing that really matters to me is Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, and it says it loud and clear,” Trump told reporters at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France on Tuesday.
Relations between Washington and Tehran have been fractured and tumultuous since Trump’s first term as US president, when he withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
I wrote about this 2018 withdrawal at my old site, moving the information here in 2024.
Trump makes preparations to attack Iran starting years ago. This was a campaign designed to justify an attack on Iran
August 2018: The US imposes new sanctions on Iran
On August 7, the US imposed its first round of new sanctions on Iran, which had earlier been lifted as part of the international nuclear deal. The sanctions barred trade with a range of business and production sectors in Iran, from aviation and carpets to pistachios and gold.
November 2018: The US imposes more sanctions
On November 5, the US announced a new round of sanctions, this time specifically targeting Iran’s key oil and banking sectors.
April 2019: Trump designates the IRGC a ‘foreign terrorist organization’
On April 8, Trump designated Iran’s elite, parallel military force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “foreign terrorist organization” (FTO), marking the first time Washington had formally labelled another country’s military a “terrorist” group.
Anyway…. deal or no deal?
Iran says deal to end war with US requires Israel to withdraw from Lebanon
Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement, leading to the resumption of all-out war.
Israel is saying no way to that- through it’s actions as they continue bombing Lebanon today
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