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We might even be in a position where there isn't any deal at all - the parties might just be mistaking each others' positions and think there's been an agreement where there actually hasn't, because they weren't engaged in the sort of actual diplomatic discussions that have clear lines of communication that minimize such misunderstandings.Replying to my own post, it's beginning to look as though this is actually a pretty likely scenario. Iran has been claiming that the ceasefire covered Lebanon, allowed them to impose a toll on Hormuz, and allowed them to enrich uranium; the Administration has said that they were perfectly clear that none of those things is accurate. Given the informal, unstructured nature of the deliberations - and the lack of any direct high-level diplomatic engagement - it's entirely possible that neither side really understood what the other side thought the deal was.
Hopefully the ceasefire holds anyway. But Iran's asserting that the U.S. is violating the deal:
Iran’s parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused the U.S. on Wednesday of violating the two-week ceasefire agreement.
“The deep historical distrust we hold toward the United States stems from its repeated violations of all forms of commitments — a pattern that has regrettably been repeated once again,” Ghalibaf said in a statement posted on social media.
Three parts of Iran’s 10-point ceasefire proposal have been violated, Ghalibaf said. The violations are Israel’s continued attacks on Lebanon, the entry of a drone into Iranian airspace, and the denial of the Islamic Republic’s right to enrich uranium, he said.
“In such situation, a bilateral ceasefire or negotiations is unreasonable,” the parliamentary speaker said.cnbc.com - Ceasefire iran war lebanon
