If you have unwisely been holding your breath waiting for the peace deal in Iran that Donald Trump has been promising for three months, you’re now long dead. There is no peace deal. In fact, Iran has stopped talking to Trump altogether. Must be nice to have that option, I frankly envy them.
… The “imminent peace deal” we have been hearing about for 3 months has now completely fallen apart. Iran announced they are breaking off all peace talks due to repeatedly violations of the cease fire by the US and Israel.
… Trump was asked about it by NBC’s Garrett Haake: “I think we’ve been talking too much if you want to know the truth. I think going silent would be very good, and that could be that could be for a long time. It doesn’t mean we’re going to go and start dropping bombs all over there. We’ll just go silent. We’ll keep the blockade. Blockade is a piece of steel. I think I can wait as long as they want. They’re losing a fortune.”
… Iran state media Tasnim: “In light of the ongoing crimes of the Zionist regime in Lebanon and given that Lebanon was part of the ceasefire preconditions, and now this ceasefire has been violated on all fronts, including Lebanon, the Iranian negotiating team is suspending discussions and exchanges of texts through intermediaries.”
… “The immediate halt to the aggressive and brutal operations of the Zionist regime’s army in Gaza and Lebanon, and the necessity of the regime’s complete withdrawal from the occupied areas in Lebanon, have been emphasized by Iranian officials and negotiators, and as long as Iran’s and the resistance’s stance on this matter is not satisfied, there will be no dialogue.”
… “Additionally, the Resistance Front and Iran have resolved to pursue the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and the activation of other fronts, including the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, as part of their agenda to punish the Zionists and their supporters.”
Netanyahu is the fly in the ointment. Once he began aggressing against Lebanon all hope of peace was gone in the Middle East. Meanwhile, I guess we pay huge prices at the pump and watch the inflation index rise.
