“It just goes on forever,” he continued. “When that happens, it throws a negative light on the big deal, the deal with Iran.”
Since the Israel-Hezbollah fighting reignited in March, early on in the Iran war, at least 3,783 have been killed in Lebanon, with 11,699 wounded, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
Amid concerns for the wider picture, G7 leaders expressed support for the preliminary deal between Washington and Tehran, calling it “an historic opportunity to prevent Iran from acquiring any nuclear weapon and tackling the threats related to its regional and ballistic activities.”
They pledged to stand “ready to contribute to its implementation” and celebrated that the framework of the memorandum is understood to secure the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
According to a leaked draft of the 14-point memorandum, Iran reportedly must “immediately take steps to ensure that the movement of merchant ships from the Persian Gulf to the Sea of Oman, and vice versa is resumed within 30 days to the pre-war volume, taking into account the need for the removal of technical obstacles and the neutralization of mines by Iran.”