Inside the Chaotic Iran Talks That Let Trump Claim Victory, But Not Yet Peace

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• Iran balked at the Israel bombing of Beirut, which Iranian negotiators had warned would blow up the talks

  60% confidence

• Critics across the West and the Gulf viewed Israel's bombing as a last-ditch effort by Netanyahu to scuttle a deal he'd been shut out of

  60% confidence

• The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!

  60% confidence

• Trump stated the Iran deal signing was delayed a few hours because of Israel's strikes, and that he called Netanyahu to berate him over it

  60% confidence

• Trump's rhetoric ran ahead of the facts on the ground: the text hadn't been released, the formal signing was still days away

  60% confidence

• The Iran war is over and the Strait of Hormuz is open

  60% confidence

• The Israel bombing of Beirut should not have happened

  60% confidence

• The deal's hardest questions — nuclear, sanctions, Lebanon — had been kicked down the road

  60% confidence

• Israel's bombing of southern Beirut was in response to projectiles fired by Tehran-backed Hezbollah

  60% confidence

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