Negotiations for peace in the Middle East are at a standstill for the time being, while the Americans evaluate Iran’s offer to open the Strait of Hormuz to navigation, and the comments of the spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Defense this morning, that the Americans are not in a position to manipulate the actions of other nations, have just been made.
The American TV station CNN reports that the US President Donald Trump is unlikely to accept the Iranian offer, and while the Qatari government warns that the dispute is “frozen”, there is no viable solution to end the conflict.
“We don’t want to see a conflict in the region in the near future, we don’t want to see a pending war that starts up again every time there is a political incentive to do so,” Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari told a news conference.
He said he wanted to find a permanent solution instead of the situation he cited.
Trump reluctant to accept
Trump consulted with his security advisers yesterday and reviewed the Iranian government’s offer with those that reached Washington through negotiators in Pakistan. Among other things, nuclear issues were discussed as well as the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Iranian Fars news agency.
According to the agreement, which the American acceptance of the offer brought with it, if there was one, they would lift the embargo on Iranian ports before further negotiations would take place.
However, CNN reported, citing two sources familiar with the situation, that Trump was reluctant to accept the offer to open the strait without discussing the issue of Iran’s nuclear weapons development.
Iran is sloppy in deals
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed Iran’s offer with the Fox TV channel and said in a conversation with it that the offer was better than what the US government had expected from Iran.
“They are sloppy negotiators, and we have to make sure that any deal, any agreement, ensures that they don’t resort to nuclear weapons when they have the opportunity,” Rubio told Fox.
However, Trump has contented himself with saying that if the Iranians want to talk, they can just call.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said during a recent visit to Russia, where he met with President Vladimir Putin, that the war had shown Iran’s “true strength” and stability, but according to the AFP news agency, that opinion is not widespread on the minister’s home front.
State the state of dissolution of states
“Everything is falling apart, I haven’t worked for a long time,” Iranian businessman Farshad told AFP, “the country is collapsing economically,” he added, and Tehran-based photographer Shervin agreed with his countryman, saying that for the first time in his life he was behind on his rent payments.
Meanwhile, fighting continues in Lebanon despite a recently extended ceasefire between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon.
The Israeli army sent a warning to the residents of two dozen villages and towns in Lebanon today, asking them to evacuate these places immediately, on the grounds that “violations by Hezbollah against the ceasefire” forced the army to take action. The Israelis claim that although they are bound by the conditions of the ceasefire agreement, they will respond to threats that may arise.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem declared yesterday that the group would not lay down its arms, and Israel’s Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said 2026 could be expected to be “another year of conflict” for Israel on all fronts.
