- Israeli strikes on Lebanon violate ceasefire agreement
- Attacks on Lebanon would deem ceasefire negotiations meaningless
- Iran will not abandon the Lebanese people
This reaffirms what we already know from yesterday, with Iran already saying that three clauses to the ceasefire agreement have been violated.
Besides this, Iran parliament speaker Qalibaf was also out on social media as to saying:
- The ceasefire proposal included Lebanon and the entire ‘axis of resistance’
- Ceasefire violations carry explicit costs and strong responses
To appease the public view, these comments look to be necessary. But behind the scenes, it remains to be seen if there is a deal to be worked out. Negotiations look set to be for tomorrow, so we’ll see on that.
In the meantime though, nothing has changed with regards to the Strait of Hormuz situation. Reuters had earlier in the day cited shipping data in reporting that just one oil tanker has made it pass the strait in the past 24 hours. That’s not a good sign as even with the truce being called, it’s not changing anything.
And when adding commercial and other ships, there was just a total of eight vessels that crossed the Strait of Hormuz in the past day. So much for “reopening”.
This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.
