Trump Splits Lebanon and Iran Tracks, Separating Ceasefire from MOU

🗂️ WASHINGTON — The deal just got harder to close by being made simpler. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Tehran has conditioned MOU progress on Lebanon resolution — Trump separating the tracks removes Iran's leverage but also removes the incentive structure. Araghchi's team can no longer use Lebanon as a stalling pretext, but Khamenei loses the face-saving linkage. Rubio now runs two disconnected tracks with no unified deadline forcing either side to move.