War within the Middle East: ++ “Far from an agreement” – Iran sees huge variations in negotiations with the USA ++ Live ticker | EUROtoday

On February 28, the US and Israel started attacking Iran. Leading figures within the regime in Tehran have been eradicated. At the top of state, Moschtaba Khamenei succeeded his slain father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A ceasefire is now in impact. On Friday, Iran introduced it might raise its week-long blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, however on Saturday the navy lifted the plan.

All occasions surrounding the struggle within the Middle East within the reside ticker:

4:07 a.m. – Iran: Further variations in negotiations with the USA

According to info from Tehran, there are nonetheless main variations within the peace negotiations between Iran and the USA. Although progress has been made, there’s nonetheless a major hole between the 2 states, Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf stated in an interview with the state information company Tasnim. Although some factors of rivalry have been resolved, different factors stay unresolved. We are nonetheless “far from a final agreement.”

His nation controls all transport site visitors by way of the Strait of Hormuz, Ghalibaf stated within the interview broadcast on Iranian state tv this morning. Shortly earlier than, Iran had reversed the introduced opening of the strait, which is essential for the worldwide oil market, and has been taking navy motion in opposition to ships there ever since. The US choice to impose a blockade was silly and ignorant, Ghalibaf stated.

01:53 a.m. – Guterres requires a cease to assaults on UN peacekeepers

After the loss of life of a French soldier from the UN mission Unifil in Lebanon, UN Secretary-General António Guterres known as for a cease to assaults on blue helmet troopers. “All actors are urged to respect the cessation of hostilities and cease fire,” Guterres stated in an announcement from his spokesman Stéphane Dujarric in New York. Such assaults constituted critical violations of worldwide humanitarian legislation and will quantity to struggle crimes.

This is the third incident in latest weeks that has resulted within the deaths of blue helmets serving with Unifil, Guterres’ spokesman stated. At the top of March, three Indonesian peacekeepers have been killed in assaults. Unifil has been monitoring the border space between Israel and Lebanon since 1978. There have been all the time deaths and accidents of their ranks.

01:08 a.m. – Hezbollah chief: stay operational regardless of ceasefire

The head of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia sees the ceasefire agreed between Israel and Lebanon as successful for his Shiite group. The ceasefire wouldn’t have been achieved with out the battle of his militia in southern Lebanon, stated Naim Kassim, in response to an announcement revealed within the night.

A ceasefire means an entire cessation of all hostilities, the Hezbollah chief stated, in response to the assertion. Since the enemy will not be trusted, the fighters in his militia will stay in motion with their arms on the set off and react accordingly to violations, it was stated. Kassim listed the subsequent steps – with a view to lasting peace – as a cessation of assaults by Israel and a withdrawal of its troops from Lebanon.

According to Kassim, Hezbollah is “fully ready to cooperate with the Lebanese authorities in a new chapter based on the realization of Lebanese sovereignty.”

00:39 – French peacekeeper killed in southern Lebanon – Macron blames Hezbollah

France has blamed the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia for the loss of life of a French peacekeeper in southern Lebanon. Everything signifies that Hezbollah is “responsible for this attack,” President Emmanuel Macron stated on Saturday on the web service X. The Lebanese authorities condemned the assault and introduced that it might “hold the attackers responsible.” Hezbollah denied any duty and criticized the ceasefire agreed with Israel.

According to the French Foreign Ministry, three different French peacekeepers have been injured within the assault, two of them critically.

Macron known as on the Lebanese authorities to “immediately arrest the perpetrators and shoulder their responsibilities together with Unifil.” The authorities should additionally “do everything to ensure the safety of Unifil soldiers,” stated an announcement from the Elysée Palace. The blue helmets ought to “under no circumstances become targets”.