[US-Israel, Iran War Day #94] Oil Prices Rrise as US-Iran Talks Show Little Progress

In Brief…

• US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call on Monday following regional developments, Israeli broadcaster i24NEWS reported.
• Iran’s negotiating team is stopping message exchanges with the United States through mediators over Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported, after Iran’s Parliament Speaker said the US naval blockade and Israeli attacks in Lebanon showed US noncompliance with the ceasefire.
• President Donald Trump said Iran had agreed to refrain from developing a nuclear weapon or acquiring one by other means.
• Iran will apply its own amendments to the draft memorandum of understanding in talks with the United States, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News reported, citing an informed source.
• The absence of fresh diplomatic progress between Tehran and Washington helped push oil prices higher on Monday.
• Iran’s authorities have ordered the seizure of assets belonging to 75 people on accusations of working with “hostile media,” judiciary-affiliated Mizan News reported on Sunday.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] Moments after announcing Lebanon truce, Trump claims talks with Iran ‘rapidly continuing’