This Friday (10), the conflict in the Middle East reached its 42nd day, completing six weeks since the beginning of attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran. The date was marked by the beginning of negotiations between the USA and Iran, which take place amid tensions and uncertainty about the ceasefire.
Delegations from both countries are in Pakistan, where they are expected to meet to talk this Saturday (11).
On Thursday, Donald Trump said he was “very optimistic”, but this Friday the President of the United States raised his tone again and called on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. , he stated.
Trump also stated that the country [Irã] “he has no cards up his sleeve”, he would be carrying out a “short-term extortion of the world” (in reference to the Strait of Hormuz) and that “today is for negotiation”.
With the same confrontational stance, US Vice President JD Vance, who is part of the American delegation in Pakistan, warned Iran to .
On the other side, Iranian authorities are also keeping their guard up. The country’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, called for a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of Iran’s blocked assets ahead of the start of Saturday’s talks.
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Lebanon
Despite Iranian protests, Israel continues to attack Lebanon. This Friday, President Joseph Aoun reported that 13 state security personnel died in an attack on a government building in the southern city of Nabatieh. Before that, the Lebanese Ministry of Health indicated that 1,953 people had already been killed.
The United Nations World Food Program reported that it was due to Israel’s offensive.
In this scenario, and under protests from Lebanese, to negotiate a ceasefire and begin discussing a peace agreement.
Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz remains at the center of discussions. Despite the ceasefire agreement, the passage was strictly enforced, and only through the location.
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To deal with the problem, , which had been blocked since the start of the war in Ukraine.
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Even so, the , deepening the weekly low inspired by the ceasefire agreement and the promise to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
