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Iran-Israel Ceasefire: Can It Last?

© AP Photo / Vahid SalemiIranian protesters wave their country's flags and banners containing slogans in support of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli rally at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
Iranian protesters wave their country's flags and banners containing slogans in support of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an anti-U.S. and anti-Israeli rally at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.06.2025
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Despite Donald Trump’s angry reaction to Israel violating the ceasefire with Iran, there likely won’t be any repercussions because Trump himself is “part of this war," veteran war correspondent Elijah J. Magnier tells Sputnik.
Trump “is the first who used the ruse against Iran" to call for nuclear talks, while he then “gave the green light to Netanyahu to start the war,” not to mention sending US aircraft to bomb Iran.
Now, Trump is “trying to look like the good guy who's stopping a war that he has given a green light to the Israeli to start.”
Despite Netanyahu’s posturing, the US holds considerable leverage over Israel because the latter can start a war on its own but cannot finish it. “Even against non-state actors like Hamas or Hezbollah, the Israelis scream for support from the United States.”
A firefighter calls out his colleagues at the scene of an explosion in a residence compound in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 24.06.2025
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Though both Israel and Iran seem calm and willing to stop fighting, this seems more like a new chapter of this conflict rather than peace. “Whether this chapter begins with a missile barrage or nuclear test, or for Iran to make a nuclear bomb, it will depend on what the future is going to tell us.”
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