US-Iran Deal and Regional Fallout
Trump sets a 60-day deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran, as the White House downplays tensions with Netanyahu.
US-Iran Deal and Regional Fallout — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton revealed in an interview that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak exerted constant pressure on the Obama administration to attack Iran, replying emphatically: 'All the time.'[^1] The revelation underscores a long-standing Israeli push for US military action against Iran, a dynamic that now resurfaces as the Trump administration pursues a diplomatic agreement. President Trump stated at a press conference in France that if no agreement with Iran is reached within 60 days, the US will resume bombings.[^2] The US and Iran, with mediating countries, are considering moving the signing of a memorandum of understanding from Friday to Wednesday.[^3] The White House does not view the tension between Trump and Netanyahu as a personal crisis, but rather as a predictable strategic rift due to differing US and Israeli interests on the Iranian issue.[^4] Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni today addressed the war in the Middle East and called on Israel to act as a 'positive factor' in the peace process.[^5] Meanwhile, Iran attacked last night using a drone a camp of the Kurdish-Iranian opposition forces (KDPI) near Koya in northern Iraq, marking the first such strike since the announcement of the agreement.[^6] The Kurdistan region has suffered at least 865 missiles and drones since the end of February.[^6] Violent Crime Surge: Patricide, Bungee Death, and Sex Offender Failures — A 45-year-old man from Rehovot is suspected of murdering his father, Gideon Guy, in his apartment. During his remand hearing, he claimed that voices told him to commit the act. Defense attorney Dmitri Bernstein requested a psychiatric evaluation, citing a background of mental illness. Judge Guy Maimon extended the remand by eight days, calling it an irrational act, and ordered a fitness-for-detention assessment within 24 hours.[^1] In Brazil, three extreme sports instructors face manslaughter charges after throwing 21-year-old Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas off the 35-meter-high Ponte do Esqueleto bridge without attaching her to a rope. One instructor, Luís Felipe Feliciano Agoroff, cl