Axios: Trump’s messy peace

Trump’s messy peace
 
Photo illustration of President Donald Trump in a collage featuring a mural of Iran's slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, supporters of the Houthi movement brandishing their weapons, the Strait of Hormuz, and radar and clock elements
Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photos via Getty Images
 
Breaking: In a joint statement at the end of yesterday’s U.S.–Iran summit in Switzerland, Qatari and Pakistani mediators said “encouraging progress has been made” during 18 hours of negotiations. Here’s the backdrop:

Last Wednesday, the U.S. and Iran signhed a deal to end the war.

Since then, Iran said it was closing the Strait of Hormuz again (though it didn’t in practice, per U.S. officials), Israel intermittently bombed Lebanon, and President Trump threatened to seize and toll the strait, kill Iran’s peace negotiators, and send Syria in to fight Hezbollah.

Why it matters: A week after the ceasefire deal was announced, both the U.S. and Iran are pushing it to the limit, Axios’ Ben Berkowitz and Barak Ravid write.

At the same time, the two sides met in Switzerland to hammer out a longer-term nuclear agreement — a sign that both sides remain engaged despite significant differences.

🇨🇭 Driving the news: High-level talks at the Bürgenstock resort, which concluded early this morning local time, are being led for the U.S. by Vice President JD Vance, with envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

They ran nearly nonstop into the night and went ahead even after Iran said it was closing the strait, a U.S. diplomat said.

Representatives from the U.S., Iran, Pakistan and Qatar appeared pleased with the talks’ progress, according to the diplomat.

The U.S. and Iran agreed on a roadmap for reaching a final nuclear deal within 60 days, according to the joint statement by Qatari and Pakistani mediators.

💥 Friction points: To make the deal stick, several things need to happen.

🇮🇱 Israel and Hezbollah must keep a fragile ceasefire

.🇮🇷 Iran must continue to allow commerce to flow through the Strait of Hormuz.

👀 What we’re watching: Technical teams will remain in Switzerland to continue negotiations.

Go deeper: Inside the marathon talks.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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