Will Trump stick with his Iran truce?
US president’s ceasefire deal is fraying, the hawks in his alliance are sceptical and Tehran still controls the strait
Will Trump stick with his Iran truce?
US president’s ceasefire deal is fraying, the hawks in his alliance are sceptical and Tehran still controls the strait Grouped from 9 articles across 3 sources.
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Trump says US-Iran talks will be held behind closed doors
Mr Trump expects talks to begin on April 10 and to move quickly, he told ABC News.
Trump’s abrupt Iran reversal exposes limits of his leverage
He has a pattern of taking extreme negotiating positions, only to backpedal.
Russia says it welcomes Iran ceasefire, hopes US will now resume Ukraine talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has similarly welcomed the ceasefire.
Success or surrender? Iran ceasefire exposes rift in Trump’s Maga movement
Loyalists rush to defend president for ‘outsmarting the critics’ but others decry deal as ‘a negative for our country’ Donald Trump’s acceptance of a two-week ceasefire in Iran has exposed fresh divisions in his Make America Great Again (Maga) movement, with some supporters expressing vindication and others accusing the US president of betrayal. The US and Iran both claimed victory after the two countries agreed to pause hostilities following more than a month of war. But the strait of Hormuz remained closed on Wednesday and fighting was still taking place as Israel launched its biggest attacks yet on Lebanon. Continue reading...
Trump says US will work closely with Iran, discuss sanctions
WASHINGTON, April 8 - The United States will work closely with Iran and the two countries are discussing tariff and sanctions relief, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire.
Explainer: What is in Iran’s 10-point ceasefire plan and will the US agree to it?
Two-week ceasefire comes after Trump spoke to Pakistan’s leaders, with China also believed to be exerting influence over Tehran Middle East crisis – live updates US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire with Tehran saying it will reopen strait of Hormuz The US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday barely an hour before Donald Trump’s deadline to obliterate Iran was set to expire, with Tehran agreeing to temporarily reopen the strait of Hormuz. Israel also agreed to the ceasefire, the White House said. As Trump announced he was suspending his plans to escalate attacks across Iran , the US president said he had received a 10-point proposal from Iran which was a “workable basis on which to negotiate”. Continue reading...
US V-P Vance says Trump is ‘impatient’ about progress on Iran
He says the US president has told his negotiating team to “work in good faith”.
Ceasefire wins Trump instant gratification but Iran can enter talks with stronger hand
US is in weaker position than before war as Tehran has shown capacity to inflict pain on Trump administration Middle East crisis – live updates The announcement of a two-week ceasefire has allowed Donald Trump to hail the reopening of the Hormuz strait as a victorious dawn of a new golden age, but it is Iran that enters peace talks with the stronger hand. The Tehran regime goes to the negotiations planned for Friday in Pakistan bloodied but intact. It still holds a stockpile of highly enriched uranium (the original crux of the conflict with the US, Israel and allies), and it now claims at least part-control of the strait, having demonstrated its power to close the narrow waterway and hold the world to ransom. Continue reading...
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