Why there is unlikely to be an agreement between America and Iran soon over that country’s nuclear program THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Now that we have the actual Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the USA and Iran over which both Washington and Tehran agree is …
Read More »What’s in the US‑Iran peace deal?
There are a lot of concessions and empty promises from Trump, in return for little COMMENT | JESSICA GENAUER | The leaders of the United States and Iran have signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding to end the war between their countries, as well as Israel’s military assault on Hezbollah …
Read More »Trump expects Iran to agree to final deal within 60 days
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he expects Iran to agree to a final deal within 60 days of the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU). If no deal is reached within 60 days beginning Thursday, “we will do things that won’t make them …
Read More »Trump signs MoU with Iran to end war
WASHINGTON | Xinhua & Tass | U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran aimed at ending the conflict, according to U.S. media reports. Trump confirmed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. “It’s signed,” he said following …
Read More »On Trump’s deal with Iran
How America’s claims to military greatness have been exposed as being hollow THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | So now Donald Trump is claiming to have arrived at a “deal” with Iran. Although the details are not yet known, this is the biggest humiliating military defeat …
Read More »Iran, U.S. agree on ceasefire on all fronts
TEHRAN | Xinhua | The U.S. naval blockade against Iran will be lifted as of tonight and the immediate and permanent end of the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, is announced, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said early Monday. Gharibabadi …
Read More »On America’s most humiliating defeat
How the world’s most powerful nation has been beaten by a third rate power it has sanctioned for 47 years THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Karl Von Clausewitz, the great 19th-century Prussian military strategist and general, said that “war is politics by other means.” What …
Read More »Trump says to reconsider ceasefire with Tehran if U.S. troops killed
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump has told his aides that he may reconsider the ceasefire with Iran if Iranian forces kill American troops, local media reported, citing U.S. officials. The warning comes as a fragile ceasefire reached in April remains in place despite weeks of escalating clashes. …
Read More »Selling the Abraham Accords to a wary Middle East
Trump can’t sell the Abraham Accords on a Middle East that has lost trust in the US COMMENT | MICHELLE BURGIS-KASTHALA | As the US and Iran try to come to terms on a peace deal to end their months-long war, US President Donald Trump recently introduced a new …
Read More »U.S. experts warn of uncertainty after Trump defers final decision on Iran deal
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | Some U.S. experts warned of continued uncertainty surrounding efforts to end the Iran conflict after U.S. President Donald Trump deferred a final decision on a draft deal with Tehran on Friday. Trump’s move comes on the heels of the United States and Iran reaching a tentative …
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