[US-Israel, Iran War Day #95] Trump Pushes Lebanon Truce to Advance Iran Talks

In Brief…

• President Donald Trump on Tuesday denied reports that US-Iran talks had stopped, saying contacts have continued daily and warning Tehran that “it’s time” to make a deal after 47 years of confrontation.
• Tehran stopped exchanging messages with Washington several days ago, but officials are continuing to examine the latest US proposal amid uncertainty over the future of the talks, according to state media.
• Iran was still reviewing the final text of a possible memorandum of understanding with the United States and has not yet sent a response, semi-official Mehr News reported on Tuesday, citing an informed source.
• Donald Trump said talks with Iran are continuing rapidly after he unilaterally declared a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah following a phone call with Israel’s prime minister.
• Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri that the relationship between the Islamic Republic and Lebanon is “unbreakable.”
• The IRGC said on Monday it targeted the MSC Sariska V near Iraq’s Umm Qasr port in retaliation for a US military strike on an Iran-bound Gambia-flagged bulk carrier in the Sea of Oman.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] CIA stops contributing to some assessments, including on Iran war