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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel conducted strikes against Hezbollah targets in Beirut. He added that Israel will not tolerate attacks on its soil, alluding to Hezbollah strikes in Northern Israel.
Meanwhile, the Iranian government has not yet confirmed...
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...whether it will sign the peace memorandum today (14 June) despite statements from President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif indicating that the signing would be taking place.
Iranian media outlets have reported that Tehran is still conducting legal...
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...political, and tehnical reviews of the memorandum.
Qatari officials reportedly arrived in Tehran as facilitators for this stage of the peace process.
Iranian officials have not yet commented on recent Israeli or Hezbollah actions.
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Look, I've been in enough intergovernmental negotiations to know that both sides were going to claim victory here⬇️. That's a given.
But I also know that overselling the outcomes of a deal is a bad idea because all it does is create problems in the implementation phase.
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With the "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding" being prepared for signature via a remotely conducted engagement today (14 June), both the White House and Tehran have taken to the information space to explain how the agreement is a victory for their respective sides.
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Both sides suggested a willingess to return to hostilities if implementation of the memorandum falls through.
- Trump: "Hopefully, the process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly. If it doesn't, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again."
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- Aragchi: "[We have shown that Iran] is not joking, and that, if necessary, it is not only unafraid of war, but will also employ it wherever it is needed."
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There is also another key indicator that Tehran is intent on signing the peace memorandum and observing at least part of the 60-day ceasefire:
Today, the Iranian government announced that it will hold the funeral processions for former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei from 4-9 July.
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif stated that finalization of the U.S.-Iran peace memorandum is expected within the next 24 hours.
From a procedural standpoint, he indicated that the signing of the memorandum would be done electronically, and...
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...working level negotiations would begin next week on the unresolved matters related to Iran's nuclear program.
If the "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding" is signed tomorrow, it would put a 60-day ceasefire into place (until 13 August).
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After an Iranian media outlet published what it claimed to be the details of the U.S.-Iran peace memorandum (formally, the "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding"), multiple government officials took to social media to refute the content of the report and to clarify their...
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said this of the negotiated memorandum: "We are fully aware of incessant misinformation campaign being waged by those who want to sabotage the peace deal. Setting aside the noise, we can confirm that a final, agreed upon text of the...
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...peace deal has been reached and Pakistan is now working closely with both sides to finalize the next steps. Peace has never been this close as it is now."
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