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Iran's 60-Day Clock, Lebanon Violated & China Sanctions 10 US Firms
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Iran's delegation walked out of Switzerland talks before mediators pulled the deal back from collapse — here's what the fragile 60-day roadmap actually means. Plus: Israel strikes Lebanon despite an active ceasefire, and China sanctions ten US defense companies.
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Iran's negotiating delegation walked out of talks in Switzerland on Saturday after Trump threatened to resume bombing and seize control of the Strait of Hormuz if a deal failed. Mediators from Pakistan and Qatar spent hours pulling the process back from the edge.
The Hormuz communication line is worth pausing on. Iran shut the strait on Saturday in protest over Israeli strikes in Lebanon.
Israeli forces struck the Nabatieh district in southern Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least sixteen civilians and wounding twelve. There's an active ceasefire.
Quietly, in parallel to all of this, there were substantive discussions on nuclear monitoring. The IAEA chief attended the Switzerland talks to assess Iranian program verification.
Separately, China's Commerce Ministry announced export controls on ten American aerospace and defense companies and blocked forty-six from government procurement. This is a direct response to US military enterprise designations.
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