https://freerepublic.com/tag/ceasethetrolls/ en-us Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:58:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375357/posts President Trump sprinted ahead Friday to take a victory lap celebrating what he said was Iran’s agreement to open the Strait of Hormuz and a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. But conflicting statements from Iranian officials and Israeli pushback on the terms of the ceasefire with Lebanon are raising doubt about the president’s actual successes. “I’m concerned that, in this round, Iran came out with the upper hand,” Danny Citrinowicz, senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, posted on the social platform X. Trump began Friday morning with a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon in... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375357/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:58:51 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375376/posts Iran insisted its uranium was “not going anywhere” despite Donald Trump claiming a deal had been struck for the US to remove the nuclear material.The US president told Reuters that he would work with the Iranian leadership to extract the radioactive element from the country at a “nice leisurely pace” before taking it back to America.But Iran’s foreign ministry rejected Mr Trump’s claim, insisting that no such deal existed.“Iran’s enriched uranium is not going to be transferred anywhere,” Esmaeil Baqaei, a spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, said.Tehran officials also denied Mr Trump’s suggestion that the Islamic Republic had agreed... The Telegraph via Yahoo https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375376/posts#comment Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:48:10 GMT