US-Iran peace deal remains elusive as choice of US targets draws legal questions | First Thing
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Following several days of military escalation with Iran, U.S. President Trump announced the cancellation of scheduled strikes, citing substantial progress in negotiations between senior leadership on both sides. Trump indicated that a potential resolution was largely finalized, though a naval blockade would persist. The decision reversed the intensified military threats made just hours prior.
Moderate: Centrist-leaning outlets emphasize the preceding military escalation and risks of broader regional conflict, note that the naval blockade remains in place suggesting incomplete settlement, and use more tentative language about deal finality.
Conservative: Conservative-leaning outlets highlight successful dealmaking and specific negotiated outcomes, emphasize that Iran initiated the contact seeking agreement, and present the cancellation as a diplomatic achievement for Trump.
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Good morning. Yesterday, Donald Trump spent the day promising he was going to hit Iran harder than ever before, then announced – again – that the US and Iran were close to signing a deal. Iran’s foreign ministry dismissed the claim, and Tasnim, the semi-official Iranian news agency, wrote that “until a potential understanding is announced by Iran, any news from Trump on this matter should be dismissed”.
The Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said large parts of the text under negotiation had been finalised but Iran would not compromise on its red lines. Two days of escalating attacks between the warring nations had threatened to collapse the fragile ceasefire.
What is the issue around the US choice of targets in Iran? Military strikes on 10 June that damaged two water storage facilities in southern Iran may constitute a war crime, legal and military experts say. The attack on the Bemani district destroyed a key reservoir serving about 20,000 people, raising critical legal questions over whether the strike hit a valid military objective or unlawfully targeted a civilian object.
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