STICKING POINTS
Iran was already in talks with the US concerning the destiny of its nuclear programme in February, when the US and Israel launched air and missile strikes that worn out a lot of the Islamic Republic’s senior management and plunged the Center East into conflict.
Whereas Tehran has lengthy insisted that its nuclear programme is for purely civilian ends, the US and its Western allies suspect it goals to develop an atomic weapon.
Late Sunday, Trump posted on social media that the deal beneath dialogue “states, very clearly, that Iran is not going to have a Nuclear Weapon”.
Iran has stated it wants the discharge of US$12 billion in frozen belongings earlier than participating in substantive talks on its nuclear programme, and dismissed earlier Trump feedback suggesting that its stockpile of enriched uranium can be destroyed.
LEBANON FRONT
A truce in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah formally started on Apr 17 but it surely has by no means been noticed, with either side accusing one another of violating it.
Israel has pursued a floor offensive into southern Lebanon, elevating its flag over a medieval citadel that served as a base throughout its two-decade occupation of the nation within the Eighties and Nineties.
Netanyahu referred to as the retaking of the Beaufort stronghold “a dramatic shift” and vowed to proceed the struggle in opposition to Hezbollah, with strikes and incursions ever deeper into Lebanon.
The UN Safety Council will maintain an emergency assembly on Monday on the widening Israeli offensive, diplomatic sources instructed AFP.
