[US-Israel, Iran War Day #107] US-Iran Framing of ‘End of War’ Signals Shift Despite Ongoing Hostility

In Brief…

• Donald Trump said a deal with Iran would be electronically signed within the next two to three hours and that he would ask Tehran not to respond to Israeli strikes that targeted Hezbollah, Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst reported, citing an interview with the US president on Sunday.
• President Donald Trump said Israel’s attack on Beirut should not have happened and called on all sides to stand down as the United States and Iran “are so close to a Peace Deal.”
• The Israeli military said on Sunday it had carried out a precise strike on a Hezbollah infrastructure site in Dahieh, in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
• A group of hardliners held protest rallies against an emerging deal with the United States in Tehran and Mashhad, accusing Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of being an infiltrator and compromising with the US.
• President Trump said a deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed Sunday and would immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while warning that he has an “ultimate alternative” if the process fails. He also ruled out any cash exchange in the deal, vowing to retrieve Iran’s uranium stocks at a later time.
• Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi said Saturday that Islamabad will host the signing ceremony for an Iran-US peace agreement by video conference on Sunday. Iran’s foreign ministry earlier said the signing will not happen on Sunday.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Trump says postponed US-Iran deal signing due to Israel’s attack on Beirut