Wednesday, 8 April 2026

Who Is Dictating The Ceasefire?

Donald Trump described the ceasefire deal as 'total and complete victory' while Iran called it 'an enduring defeat for Washington' and they had 'Forced the US to accept its 10-point plan' but whoever claims the spoils, there is a two week ceasefire although the details are a movable feast.
We do know that America handed Iran a 15 point plan to end the war last week and Iran replied with a 10 point plan of their own and it is that 10 point plan which Trump said was 'a workable basis on which to negotiate'.
The list of 10 points, published by Iranian state media, include a number of conditions the US has rejected in the past and include the lifting of all primary and secondary sanctions on Iran, continued Iranian control over the strait of Hormuz, US military withdrawal from the Middle East, an end to attacks on Iran and its allies, full compensation for damages suffered by Iran during the war, the release of frozen Iranian assets and a UN security council resolution making any deal binding.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel supports the US decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks, but that the ceasefire does not include Lebanon but Pakistan’s prime minister, who brokered the ceasefire, said that the agreed ceasefire covered everywhere 'including Lebanon' and has accused Israel of violating it already but that is what Israel does, as shown in Gaza.
For decades Israel will agree a ceasefire and then go out of it's way to move the goalposts and violate it, since the ceasefire with Gaza in October 2025, Israeli planes have bombed and killed over 800 Palestinians and daily violations by the Israeli army as part of the ongoing ethnic cleansing and genocide in the region.
US Secretary of Defense and complete bell-end, Pete Hegseth, has warned that the US stands ready in the background to ensure that Iran upholds the terms of the ceasefire agreement but although Iran may need to be watched closely, it was America who has now twice attacked it while in negotiations and Israel who will be keen to see it fail and return to the slaughter.