Vice President JD Vance is set to lead renewed negotiations with Iran this weekend to bring an end to the U.S.–Israel war on the country that stretched into a second month. The talks come after a roller coaster of a week, which began with President Donald Trump threatening genocidal war crimes against Iran.
Trump urged Iran to make a deal with the U.S. and fully open the Strait of Hormuz by Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET. Then, shortly before the deadline, Trump took to social media again to say Iran and the U.S. had reached a two-week ceasefire agreement brokered by Pakistan. Trump said the U.S. received a workable 10-point plan from Iran to begin negotiations on a durable ending to the war. In the meantime, Iran said it would allow for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Israel, however, immediately intensified its attacks on Lebanon, jeopardizing the already tenuous ceasefire. More than 300 people were killed in Lebanon by Israeli airstrikes the day after the ceasefire was announced.
The terms of the plan are not yet clear but there are some key factors for Iran, says Narges Bajoghli, a professor of Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
“One is that Iran is asking for non-aggression from the United States into the future. It won’t take the United States’s word for it. It’s already been burned by the U.S. multiple times,” Bajoghil tells The Intercept Briefing. “Then the other big thing is sanctions relief.” But “Iran’s biggest red line is its sovereignty and independence.”
Bibi told Trump to start the war, Bibi will tell Trump when he can end the war
I wonder when are people going to wake up to the fact that congress likes this. The government very much hates Iran, Lebanon and Palestine but does not want to get directly involved. Israel being Israel and bombing everyone around essentially moves much of the attention and blame away from US.
This is also why US so heavily sponsors Israel. It’s funny to me that people think Israel is using US when it’s the other way around, it’s the Israelis that are taking most of the risk and dying far more than US servicemen
people think Israel is using US when it’s the other way around
It’s actually both:
Gosh, it’s almost like Israel is everyone’s enemy.
It’s a foregone conclusion that Israel will do anything it can to break the negotiations, and to prevent any useful agreement between the US and Iran.
Correct, Israel wants this war and not just because of Bibi needing to stay out of jail, they want Greater Israel which from a colonial history perspective is just the United States 2.0 An oligarchical capitalist ethnostate built on stolen land
I wish, the USA did consider bombing Israel, until they start behaving.
Isn’t it strange how Trump always does the wrong kind of crazy things?
Of course they do… they also bombed Iran during the last two negotiations, didn’t they?
