“I hereby fully authorize the free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, at the same time, I authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade,” Trump wrote. “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”
“These pre-implementation talks will lay the groundwork for technical discussions and an official signing ceremony,” Sharif wrote, adding that there will be an official signing ceremony on Friday in Switzerland.
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“The moral decision is to do everything we can to establish a ceasefire and build that into a strong ceasefire and ultimately peace in the region, including Lebanon,” he said on Sunday morning. “Canada will do whatever we can to support that.”
Carney added that it includes supporting the reduction of threats from Iran and its proxies against its regional neighbors, as well as the nuclear threat.
Iran wanted a ceasefire to include an end to the war in Lebanon, where Israel has pushed its offensive deeper than at any time in the past quarter-century as it targets Hezbollah. Tehran has also said it is seeking the release of billions of dollars in frozen funds.
Tehran’s missile program and support for armed proxies in the region, such as Hezbollah, were among the issues the US and Israel said when they launched the war on February 28. The conflict began with strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Trump has already faced criticism of the deal before it was announced, with some members of his own Republican Party among them. Some politicians said the proposed deal did not improve on the terms of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal signed under former president Barack Obama, which Trump withdrew during his first term.
The Iranian government also warned in the hours before the deal was announced that any split at home over the deal would weaken its negotiating position.
On Sunday morning, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called for national unity and called it a “disgrace” when someone stood in front of parliament and called anyone who debated a traitor.
-via files from the Associated Press
