Author: ImadadDean

Technical talks will continue despite Trump’s expletive-filled threats: Middle East Crisis Live: US Talks with Iran Set to Continue Despite Iranian Walkout (The Guardian) First Round of US-Iran Talks Ends with Encouraging Progress, Mediators Say (BBC) “The second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress is set to take place in Dublin, Ireland later this week. The 2026 iteration…

As the US and Iran dispute whether the Strait is closed or not, the shipping companies say they will be the ones to decide: Iran Says Strait Of Hormuz Is Closed After Lebanon Attacks—U.S. Denies It’s Shut (Forbes) Shipping Companies Will Decide When the Strait of Hormuz Is Truly Open—Not the U.S. or Iran—and the…

Israeli policy in Lebanon may determine whether US-Iran negotiations even take place … After 4 Israeli Soldiers’ Deaths, Israel and Hezbollah Agree to Renew Ceasefire (Washington Post) U.S. Intelligence Warns Israel Is Likely to Undermine Iran Peace Deal, Officials Say (Washington Post) … but Witkoff and Kushner will be in Switzerland just in case: Trump…

“The opening paragraph requires both sides ‘to refrain from the threat or use of force,’” yet Trump has already declared “that he was prepared to resume ‘shooting at them, dropping bombs on their head’” … First Steps in Peace Deal Demand Far More from U.S. than Iran (Washington Post) … and even as Trump insists…

“Hours after an outdated version of the 14-point agreement was leaked to some media outlets, a senior U.S. administration official read out the memorandum”: Read the Full Text of the 14-Point Agreement Between the U.S. and Iran (Time) “The U.S. and Iran have remotely signed their memorandum of understanding to end the war and open…

The Trump administration “denied Israel’s request to view the newly agreed-upon Memorandum of Understanding before the signing ceremony” … US Denied Israel’s Request to View Iran Deal Prior to Signing Ceremony, Source Tells ‘Post’ (Jerusalem Post) … professing the text is “incredibly vague, mainly … aimed at providing Iran the ability to sell it politically…

“If we get to a Friday signing ceremony without this uncertain new US-Iran deal being derailed by any of its inherent ambiguities, then nuclear talks can finally restart … at almost exactly the same point they were before this conflict started” … Trump Hails Iran Deal that Fixes Nothing Except a Problem His War Caused…

“Details of the deal were not immediately released and Iran signaled implementation would not start until the signing, which key mediator Pakistan said would occur Friday in Switzerland”: A Tentative Deal Is Reached to End the Iran War and Trump Orders a Stop to the US Naval Blockade (AP) “‘We are not partners to this…

“Before Trump’s comments, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei expressed caution over the timeline, saying: “… it will not be tomorrow [Sunday]”: Trump Says US-Iran Deal to Be Signed on Sunday as Tehran Casts Doubt on Timing (BBC) “Iran gets rewarded economically if they meet the obligations, an official said”: What the US Says Is…

Deal or no deal? U.S. and Iran Close to Signing Ceasefire Deal, Officials Say (Washington Post) US-Iran Peace Deal Remains Elusive as Trump and Tehran Trade Conflicting Claims (The Guardian) US-Iran ‘Never Been Closer’ to Deal: Iran’s Abbas Araghchi (NewsBytes) ‘Close Doesn’t Count’: Mideast Experts Assess Potential U.S.-Iran Agreement (PBS) Leaked Iran Deal Details Anger…