Pete Hegseth
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He didn't describe it as a text on agreement, but an understanding to both the U.S.
and Iran who had agreed to it.
He didn't say precisely what was in it.
He said that was bounded by secrecy to let the sides work out what are clearly very big differences at the moment.
He spoke about the Pakistan's prime minister in his statement having
primacy in this situation because it had been accepted by both Iran and the United States.
And as you say, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu very clear that he doesn't see Lebanon as part of that ceasefire agreement, which is a difference for the Pakistani prime minister, indeed,
israel launching its heaviest by its own statement a few hours ago its heaviest strike on hezbollah targets inside of lebanon some of them deep inside of beirut a coordinated against a hundred targets has that led to the closure of the strain of hummus it's very hard to say but it is certainly one of the many threads and strands of the
Lack of clarity, of the lack of certainty where everyone stands, of the multi-sided nature of what's been happening.
Iran has, it appears, sent missiles and drones against a variety of targets in the Gulf today, long after the ceasefire.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said it would take some time, as he said, for the carrier pigeon to get out to some of the remoter Iranian military units, who he says have been cut off from communications.
But I think when we look at the state of play on Iranian state media, the declarations of victory,
the popular support coming out in the street for the regime in Iran, it's hard to imagine that even in the farthest-flung corners of Iran, military commanders haven't got the instruction yet to cease and desist.
All of this is going to feed into that sort of uncertainty that can unravel what JD Vance called a...
His precise words were sort of an unstable ceasefire.
A fragile was his precise word, ceasefire.
I think all of that plays into it.
And I'm trying to get at which strand specifically is pulled that unravels the next one.
We'll be hanging around.
We're not going anywhere.