Channel 14 journalist Noam Amir reports that the US is pressing Iran not to retaliate for today's Israeli strike in Beirut's Dahieh, in order to keep the emerging nuclear agreement on track. Amir assesses that Iran may exploit the situation to delay signing and bring Lebanon into the equation as a bargaining chip.
Channel 14 journalist Noam Amir reported Wednesday evening that the United States is pressuring Iran not to retaliate for today's Israeli airstrike in the Dahieh district of Beirut, in order to preserve the momentum of the emerging nuclear agreement between Washington and Tehran. Amir assessed that Iranian decision-makers may see the strike as an opportunity to delay the signing of the agreement and to insert Lebanon — and by extension Hezbollah — as a factor in the negotiations. The assessment in Israel, Amir said, is that Tehran could use the Beirut strike to expand the scope of the talks beyond the nuclear issue. This assessment echoes a broader skeptical thread among Israeli analysts about the emerging US-Iran framework, as The Zioneer has previously reported: analysts including Israel Hayom's Ariel Kahana and a senior Israeli official have warned that the deal as currently structured gives Iran immediate sanctions relief and cash while deferring critical nuclear dismantlement, and that Tehran is seeking to run out the clock on the Trump-Netanyahu era. Amir separately argued that Iran is making every effort to stall until the current US and Israeli leadership terms end, and that any eventual signed document would be worthless, as Tehran would merely 'put on a show' of rolling back its nuclear program.
3 developments
- ConfirmedIran source says US applying heavy pressure not to retaliate, separate team says no final deal
- ConfirmedUS intensifies last-minute diplomatic push to avert Iranian retaliation against Israel
- DevelopingIDF accelerating operations in Lebanon as agreement draws near, says Noam Amir
- DevelopingReport: US trying to persuade Iran with offer tying withdrawal to de-escalation
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