BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 13. The ceasefire
between Iran and the United States could break down at any moment,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ahead of a Cabinet
meeting, Trend
reports.
According to Netanyahu, U.S. Vice President JD Vance had briefed
him on ongoing negotiations in Islamabad. He emphasized that
Washington could not accept what he described as Iran’s open
violation of the agreement as a precondition for talks.
“The agreement was that they would cease fire, and the Iranians
would immediately open the Strait of Hormuz, but (Tehran) did not
do so. The Americans could not accept this,” Netanyahu said.
He also pointed out that U.S. President Donald Trump supports
the idea of a naval blockade of Iran’s ports.
On February 28, the U.S. and Israel launched military operations
against Iran. Strikes were carried out against the country’s
largest cities, including Tehran. The White House justified the
attack by citing missile and nuclear threats emanating from the
Islamic Republic. As a result of the strikes on Iran, the country’s
Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several other key
figures in the leadership were killed. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps announced a large-scale retaliatory operation against
Israel. Iran also targeted U.S. facilities in Bahrain, Jordan,
Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Syria with
ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones.
The conflict has placed the region’s energy infrastructure and
maritime shipping under serious threat. Due to security tensions in
the Strait of Hormuz, global oil prices have surged.
Through Pakistan’s mediation, a two-week ceasefire agreement was
reached between the sides on April 7. The U.S.–Iran talks held in
Islamabad on April 11 ended without reaching an agreement.
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