Lebanese President Joseph Aoun:

▪️ "We were given assurances that Lebanon's track in the negotiations is independent."

▪️ "Lebanon insists on the independence of its negotiation track."

▪️ "We support any country that helps us achieve a ceasefire, including Iran."

Trump on Iran:

Deals are amazing. I have made deals all my life. I have entered into deals that were one hundred percent certain, but they did not happen. I have entered into deals that had no chance of happening, but they did and they happened easily.

So you can never be sure about deals. But you will find out very soon. I think it will happen.

They want to sign — they want to return to normal life.

IRNA reporter:

While initially the signing ceremony in Switzerland was supposed to be held by senior Iranian and American officials,

Vance's meeting with Ghalibaf was canceled. The Iranian delegation will not go to Geneva.

US President Trump: "Iran has exploited the world and the Middle East. This agreement is a wall that prevents them from obtaining nuclear weapons":

"I canceled the JCPOA. It was Obama's terrible agreement that gave them nuclear weapons. I stopped it. And then the second time, I stopped it with B-2 bombers. And these are all significant events in world history, in my opinion, because it prevented them from having nuclear weapons. And now we will do it again and see how it goes."

Trump: Israel can defend itself in Lebanon – but I want it to exercise discretion.

Trump on Iran:

In deals, you can never really know what’s going on, but you’ll find out soon. They want to sign the agreement and return to normal life.

If they don’t sign — we’ll have to resume military action, like we did with the assassination of Soleimani and with the B-2 bombers.

Axios report: The United States, Iran, and intermediary countries are discussing moving up the signing of the memorandum of understanding from Friday to early Wednesday


If approved, the memorandum of understanding may be signed electronically earlier than scheduled, allowing the provisions related to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to be implemented sooner and possibly the text of the agreement to be made public. However, sources disagree on whether an early electronic signing may have already taken place.

The main motivation for accelerating the timeline is to restore transportation through the strait more quickly.

As of Wednesday morning, no final decision had been made, and negotiations between the US and Iran in Switzerland on Friday are still expected to continue.

The Friday meeting, led by Vice President J.D. Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, will focus on starting formal negotiations about Iran's nuclear program.

Trump on Iran: The new leaders of Iran are smart, very smart

They have become much less radical. I think they really love their country. They are good.

Trump: I entered like a hero, otherwise Iran would have destroyed Israel with a nuclear bomb

Macron called for the disarmament of Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon

▫️ The President of France about Lebanon:

▫️ Hezbollah must lay down its weapons in Lebanon. On the other hand, Israel must do the same.

▫️ There should be no war. Peace must be established.

Macron: Trump's agreement with Iran is a good agreement

▫️ Emmanuel Macron, President of France:

▫️ In my opinion, Trump's agreement with Iran is a good agreement.

▫️ Of course, this agreement does not solve all problems overnight.

▫️ But if we had continued the conflict, what would have been the result? It would have meant the Strait of [Hormuz] remaining closed.

Trump: We have reached an agreement that goes beyond our goals

▫️ Trump:

▫️ On Sunday, we reached an agreement with Iran that achieves everything we had planned for—and even much more.

Trump: Without an agreement, the Strait of Hormuz would never remain open

▫️ Trump about Iran:

▫️ If we hadn't made this deal, we could have dropped more bombs for 2 to 4 weeks or even 2 more years.

▫️ You would never have kept the Strait of Hormuz open.

Trump: The agreement with Iran will be signed soon

▫️ Trump:

▫️ The agreement we reached with Iran on Sunday will be signed soon; tomorrow or maybe the day after.

Trump: Netanyahu is a good man but is too extreme in Lebanon

▫️ Bibi Netanyahu is a good man. He sometimes gets a little excited, but he is actually a very good man.

▫️ We had a small disagreement over Lebanon; I told him Bibi, you can act a little more gently, you don't have to destroy every building whenever someone enters it; these actions are from Hezbollah.

▫️ Trump on Israel:

▫️ I think they can perform better against Hezbollah. I'm not saying they shouldn't defend themselves, what I mean is that when two drones are fired towards the desert and fall harmlessly, there's no need to destroy buildings in Beirut.

▫️ They can behave better and honestly, they can leave a better record; I like them, they have been an amazing partner, but they can do much better regarding Hezbollah.

Trump: If the nuclear deal is not implemented within 60 days, we will resume bombing

▫️ Trump:

▫️ This is a memorandum of understanding. If it is not done within 60 days, it's okay, we will return to bombing.

▫️ You know, I don't want to do this because [the deal] is very good, very good.

▫️ But, oh, we might have to, because we will never let them have nuclear weapons.

Trump: Netanyahu begged Obama to stop the JCPOA

▫️ Trump said about Netanyahu: Netanyahu came to this country and begged Barack Hussein Obama, the then president, not to implement the JCPOA. He said this agreement could be the end of Israel, and if I hadn't come, that would have happened.

▫️ And Obama did not listen to him.

▫️ Bibi actually went to Congress and begged them, but it got nowhere. They had this terrible agreement that was very bad for Israel.