New tensions between the USA and Iran before talks

According to framework agreement

New tensions between the USA and Iran before talks

After some back and forth, according to information from Pakistan, talks between the USA and Iran on a technical level will be held starting tomorrow. But fighting in Lebanon is causing new discord.

The ongoing fighting in the Lebanon cause new tensions between the two USA and that Iran. Tehran said it blocked it Strait of Hormuz again for the passage of all ships and justified the step in the afternoon with non-compliance with the ceasefire in southern Lebanon, which had been agreed in the framework agreement between the USA and Iran. The US military contradicted the account and reiterated that shipping traffic in the strait continued. Regardless, the agent resigned Pakistan a meeting of the warring parties for Sunday in Switzerland.

In addition to the breach of the ceasefire, the reason for the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz was the Israeli military presence in southern Lebanon, said the statement from the Iranian central military command. The Israeli military presence is not explicitly mentioned in the framework agreement between the USA and Iran agreed last weekend. However, the text speaks of ensuring Lebanon’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

The Iranian military command threatened further action if Israel’s army continued fighting in Lebanon. “If the aggression in Lebanon continues, further measures are planned to force the enemy to fulfill its obligations,” it said.

The US military was unimpressed and said a little later that shipping traffic had increased on Saturday “while US forces continued to operate in the area to protect freedom of navigation.” 55 ships carrying, among other things, 17 million barrels of oil passed through the strait. According to Centcom, the military remains on site to ensure that all of the framework agreement’s agreements are “honored, followed and fully implemented.”

According to the mediating state Pakistan, talks between Iran and the USA are to be held in Switzerland on Sunday. These would be held at a technical level on the Bürgenstock, according to a statement from the Pakistani Foreign Ministry in the afternoon. A first round of talks was scheduled to take place on Friday in the luxury resort not far from Lucerne. However, this did not happen due to renewed mutual attacks between the Israeli army and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.

Now it was said from Islamabad that representatives of the United States, Iran and the mediators Pakistan and Qatar would take part in the talks. Islamabad will continue to support the process as a mediator to deepen the understandings reached in the framework agreement.

Shortly before, it was said from Iran that negotiators were now traveling to Switzerland to discuss the details of the framework agreement and to demand that the USA fulfill the obligations of the other side, as Iranian Foreign Office spokesman Ismail Baghai announced on the state broadcaster Irib. The Iranian side is taking part in the talks, including Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf as head of the negotiating team, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Ali Bagheri-Kani, head of international affairs in the Security Council.