Live from NPR News in Washington on Corva Coleman, the U.S.
And Iran say they've reached an agreement to end the war after three months of hostilities.
President Trump says there'll be a signing ceremony Friday in Geneva.
Iran says the deal was reached after difficult negotiation.
Karim Sajapur is with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Studies Iran.
He says this agreement is different from what the president initially promised.
When he launched the war on February 28th, he claimed that he was going to further obliterate Iran's nuclear program,
raise its missile production to the ground, defang its regional proxies, and potentially even unseat the Iranian regime.
He called for Iran's unconditional surrender.
And unfortunately, none of that has happened.
What we have achieved with this phase one agreement is essentially reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which was.
Which was open before the war.
He spoke to NPR's morning edition.
There are not a lot of details being released about the agreement.
Israel has not been part of the negotiations and NPR's Kerry Khan reports Israel says it won't retreat from Lebanon.
Both President Trump and Iranian officials say the deal calls for an immediate
cessation of fighting on all France, including Lebanon.
However, it's unclear whether Israel will go along with that stipulation.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said both he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agree Israel will not retreat
from Lebanon, where it is fighting Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants, nor will it leave Syria or Gaza either,