Mediators want a new ceasefire in the Iran war

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Mediators want a new ceasefire in the Iran war

Military strikes and diplomatic initiatives run parallel. Will there be a new ceasefire in the Iran war or will the conflict continue to escalate? This is also about another conflict.

While the military strikes of the USA in the Iran After ten nights of fighting, mediators are reportedly trying to reach a new ceasefire. Qatar, Egypt, Pakistan and other regional mediators have made a proposal for a ten-day ceasefire to the two warring parties, the US news portal “Axios” learned from sources. The Wall Street Journal also reported on the proposal.

The mediators feared Washington and Tehran could enter a cycle in which they keep the conflict below the threshold of all-out war but affect regional economies indefinitely, the newspaper wrote. The US government is currently examining the proposal and has Israel urged to avoid measures that could close the diplomatic window, Axios quoted US officials as saying.

US President Donald Trump welcomes Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun today. The first visit by a Lebanese head of state to the White House since 2009 is likely to be primarily aimed at consolidating the existing ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-aligned Hezbollah militia Lebanon go.

Since April, Israel and Lebanon have been holding direct political talks for the first time in decades, with the Lebanese government not being a party to the war. The Hezbollah militia is not involved in the talks. The USA, which is mediating in the conflict, is demanding that Hezbollah be disarmed, as is its ally Israel, which it rejects. Aoun hopes that Trump will influence Israel to completely withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon. Despite the ceasefire, Israel continues to attack targets in its northern neighbor.

For a final agreement to end the war with Washington, the leadership in Tehran not only demands, among other things, its own control over the Strait of Hormuzbut also a permanent end to the military conflict between arch-enemy Israel and its ally Hezbollah.

For now, however, the violence continues. “Every time Iran kills an American soldier, it will pay for that death many times over!” Trump wrote on his platform Truth Socialbefore the US military command declared the latest wave of attacks over in the morning. The US command responsible for the region, Centcom, said the target was once again military facilities, including air defense systems, command centers and launch systems for drones and missiles.

Iranian media previously reported explosions in, among other places, the Konarak area in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the port city of Chabahar on the Gulf of Oman, the city of Shiraz in the central south, near the island of Gheshm in the Strait of Hormuz and the large city of Bandar Abbas. The US military wants to use Iran’s attacks to prevent attacks on merchant ships in the Strait of Hormuz, which is important for global energy trade.