Continued fighting in the Middle East, punctuated by Israeli strikes in Lebanon, threatened to derail the fragile US-Iran ceasefire even as the two sides signaled they could soon hold talks to end the six-week conflict.
Iran's Parliamentary Speaker is claiming that the US has breached the ceasefire agreement even as Donald Trump says the truce is in effect.
At the eleventh hour Tuesday night, Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire in his war on Iran, saying that Iran’s proposed 10-point plan was a “workable basis” for negotiations and claiming victory. But already cracks are forming.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is denying that Lebanon is included in the deal, contradicting Iran, mediator…
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that “subject to the complete, immediate and safe reopening of the Strait of Hormuz” he would agree to “suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.” He also labeled the agreement a “double-sided ceasefire” which would allow for peace talks while adding the U.S. has “already met and exceeded…
The two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran brokered Tuesday looked to be growing increasingly fragile on its first full day amid Israel’s attacks in Lebanon and reports Iran had closed the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media reported Wednesday that Tehran had closed the vital shipping lane in response to the Israeli military’s barrage…
A chart published by Iranian news agencies showed a large circle marked “danger zone” in Farsi over the route ships take through the strait.
