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Vance Claims Progress on Iran, Refuses to Commit on Israeli Lebanon Withdrawal

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Vance Claims Progress on Iran, Refuses to Commit on Israeli Lebanon Withdrawal

🕊️ BÜRGENSTOCK — Progress claimed, but the one lever Washington controls stays unpulled. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Israel's Lebanon withdrawal is the only variable Vance can theoretically deliver — Iran can't stop Hezbollah without it. Refusing to commit means the MOU's Lebanon clause has no US enforcement. Tehran reads this as Washington shielding Israel while demanding Iranian compliance. "Permanent peace" framing without the withdrawal concession is a formula, not a deal.

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