Deal Or No Deal? Nervous Wait Continues Amid Fragile Cease-Fire

(Ray Furlong and RFE/RL’s Radio Farda) A social media post by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif set a 24-hour clock ticking on July 13 as he said a deal between Washington and Tehran was closer “than ever before,” but the fragility of the cease-fire in the Middle East was underlined by further clashes in Lebanon and a reported strike on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile reports by Iranian news agencies cast doubt on Sharif’s timeline by quoting a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying the signing of a deal “will not be tomorrow.” – Deal Or No Deal? Nervous Wait Continues Amid Fragile Cease-Fire