Negotiations are currently proceeding in a murky landscape US with Iran with mediators from Qatar seeming unable to persuade Tehran to sign an agreement.
Although U.S. President Donald Trump was quick earlier today to rebuke Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s attacks against Lebanon, this does not mean he will manage to have a signed agreement today, on his birthday.
According to the Iranian news agency Fars, a source from the Iranian side participating in the negotiations “stressed that nothing has been finalized yet, even regarding the course of the negotiations.” The same source said: “Even if we go back and forth in the negotiation process and return to previous points, Iran’s fundamental condition is that, ultimately, all of its concerns will be fully taken into account.” “Even if all of Iran’s concerns are addressed, Iran will certainly not sign any agreement on the date announced by Trump,” he told Fars.
It should be noted that, for its part, Iran is expressing strong distrust toward the U.S. following the attacks by Israelon Lebanon and the Dahiyeh region.
It is highly doubtful whether the statement by U.S. President Donald Trump, who criticizes his Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu over the attack on Lebanon and Hezbollah, will ease the climate of mistrust prevailing in Tehran. Donald Trump was quick to state: “The attack that took place this morning in Beirut should not have happened, especially on such an important day, as we are so close to a peace agreement with Iran.” “We are very close to an agreement that will bring peace to the region, including Lebanon, and all sides must back down,” he emphasized. “There must be no further attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon, but there must be no further attacks by any other side either, including Hezbollah, against Israel,” Donald Trump stressed.
