Carla Conti

when they are not ready.

But at the same time, deep inside themselves, they're happy with this extension of the ceasefire because it gives them some time to reorganize and try to rebuild those bombarded military facilities and get ready for the next phase.

At the same time, they will try diplomacy to see if they could achieve what they want.

Most importantly at this moment, what makes them upset is the continuation of the blockade of Iran's ports

And as one advisor to the Iranian parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibov mentioned, is that the continuation of the blockade itself is a violation of the ceasefire.

Well, there is a good cop and bad cop show.

But at the same time, there is some tension and fraction.

But let's make it clear.

This is not between the hardliners and the moderates.

It's between different hardline groups.

So within the hardliners, we have more pragmatic forces, people like Mohammad Mughal Qalibaf, who at one time President Trump considered to be the de facto ruler of Iran.

They're willing to talk.

For them, diplomacy is a tool to achieve what they want.

but the hardliners who wanted to fight till the very end.

People who were celebrating the end of this ceasefire tonight before the announcement by the president, and they do not believe in diplomacy.

They wanted to fight till the end.

Between these different groups, there is a lot of pressure and a lot of fraction, and they're putting the pressure on Ghalibov himself to

That's why there was hesitation on the Iranian side.

And President Trump understood that.

You could see that in his statement where he talks about the fragmentation of the Iranian government.