Iranian officials signaled a change of tone in negotiations with the United States, less than 24 hours after Donald Trump said a deal was “largely negotiated”, according to broadcaster Al Jazeera.
According to correspondent Ali Hashem, an Iranian source indicated that there are signs of American retreat on two central points of the negotiations: the mechanism to unfreeze Iranian assets and the scope of the ceasefire in Lebanon. In view of this, Tehran reportedly informed the mediators that it will not sign the agreement under its current terms.
“A well-informed Iranian source tells me that there are signs of US backtracking on two central issues: the mechanism for unfreezing Iranian assets and the scope of a ceasefire in Lebanon,” Hashem wrote in an X post.
According to the correspondent, although the draft agreement includes a framework for a ceasefire in Lebanon, Israel is putting pressure on Washington to insert a clause that allows Lebanese military operations under the justification of responding to “any threat”. Iran perceives this move as a departure from previous mutual understandings, according to the broadcaster.
Earlier, it predicted the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. However, shortly after, , and later reinforced that .
Meanwhile, new Israeli attacks were reported in the city of Arab Salim, Lebanon, killing at least two people and wounding 10 others. The attack followed another airstrike that “destroyed” the civil defense center in the city of Nabatieh, health officials said.
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