
Iran says it will halt attacks if Israel stops its ‘illegal aggression’
Announcement comes after Trump claimed Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire to end the ’12-day war’.
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Ex US official says Trump’s Iran-Israel deal ‘neither verifiable nor permanent’
Ned Price, a former spokesperson for the US State Department, has criticised the ceasefire deal between Iran and Iraq announced by Trump, describing it as “neither verifiable nor permanent”.
In a series of posts on social media, Price, who served under Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, wrote, “Success would’ve been permanently and verifiably preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuke, just the type of arrangement Trump needlessly tore up in 2018.”
He was referring to Trump’s decision to abandon the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and world powers in 2015, under then-President Barack Obama.
Price said the Trump administration should “leverage this moment” to reach a new diplomatic deal, warning that the US involvement in the war could push Tehran “to sprint towards a nuclear device”.