Difficulties on Lebanon Front Remain

"There will be no Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon except through negotiations in Washington, given that the mechanisms for implementing the ceasefire agreement will only be discussed in Washington," (Military Sources via AI Jadeed). It must be remembered that the Lebanese government and national army have no real military power to bring Iran-backed Hezbollah to heel. And the White House is also struggling to reign in its number one regional ally Israel.

Iran has on numerous occasions threatened to blow up the peace deal with the US if the Lebanon crisis is not solves. Some of the latest as relayed by Bloomberg:

Israel refuses to hand over the Majdalzoun facility to the Lebanese army and insists on detonating it, amid reports that residents have been warned of the force and magnitude of the explosion, equivalent to a three-magnitude earthquake.

Israel will not agree to withdraw' from certain strategic points, therefore the situation on the ground remains complex and the picture unclear.

More Divergence in Official Rhetoric from Switzerland

Vice President JD Vance earlier outlined a proposal under which any future release of frozen Iranian assets would remain subject to US oversight, allowing Washington to influence how the funds are spent. According to Vance, the concept was developed by Jared Kushner and would direct the money toward purchases of American agricultural goods.

The big assertion: "We wanted to make sure that we set up a process where if we ever unfreeze Iranian assets, we can ensure that money, that Iranian money, goes to help the people of Iran and not to fund terrorism," Vance said.

After first denying Vance's claims on nuclear inspectors being 'agreed' by Tehran to reenter the country--

now this...

"It is not true that Iran's blocked funds will be used to buy grain, and it is not mentioned in any understanding," Iran's Tasnim reports. This 60-day period is likely to be filled with more constant claims and counterclaims regarding what's been agreed to or not, and the crisis remains highly fluid and the 'brink of war' return is ever present, also given the sensitive Lebanon situation.