Iran

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Islamabad (Pakistan) is on high alert. The capital of Pakistan has been completely sealed off, with roads closed. Everything is ready to host negotiations between Iran and the United States, scheduled to take place in a luxury hotel. American Vice President J.D. Vance left the United States early this afternoon on April 10. He is the one who will lead the negotiation team. On the tarmac, he stated: “I think it’s going to be positive. As the President of the United States said, if the Iranians are ready to negotiate in good faith, we are fully prepared to extend a hand to them.”

However, the Iranians cast doubt on their presence in Pakistan. They condition the opening of negotiations on a ceasefire in Lebanon, in addition to the one already in effect in Iran. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf writes: “Lebanon is the axis of the entire resistance. As an ally of Iran, it is an inseparable part of the ceasefire.”

Yet, there is a long way from a ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel continues to bombard the country. Eight members of the Lebanese security forces were killed on April 10. Israel has announced the opening of negotiations next week with Lebanon, but the Israeli state has no intention of stopping these bombings. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu states: “There is no ceasefire with Lebanon. We continue to strike Hezbollah forcefully.”

Meanwhile, Hezbollah refuses any idea of negotiations with Israel. This was shared by supporters of the Lebanese Shiite movement to our team during a visit organized by Hezbollah in one of its strongholds in the southern suburbs of Beirut. A woman confides: “They are terrorists. They only live on the blood of men.”

The issue of Lebanon illustrates the fragility of these negotiations between Iran and the United States, which could fail even before they begin.