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米イラン停戦の見通しは不透明、停戦違反の報道を受けアナリストらは警戒を強める

-- 市場は米国とイランの2週間の停戦合意を歓迎したが、アナリストらは停戦の持続性について疑問を呈しており、すでに停戦違反が報道されている。 中東全域に拡大していた両国の軍事衝突を一時停止することでワシントンとテヘランが合意したことを受け、水曜日の世界の株式市場は上昇し、原油価格は1バレル100ドルを下回った。 トランプ大統領は、イランに対しホルムズ海峡の全面的な再開を火曜日の午後8時(米国東部時間)までに行うよう期限を設けていたが、パキスタンの要請を受け、イランへの攻撃計画を2週間停止することに同意した。イランは、イラン当局との調整を条件に、この重要な貿易ルートの「安全な通行」を認めると表明した。 スティフェル証券のチーフエコノミスト、リンジー・ピエグザ氏はレポートの中で、「市場はこの合意を祝賀すべき出来事として歓迎しているが、停戦が維持されるかどうか、そしてホルムズ海峡を通る船舶の流れが再開されるかどうかは依然として不透明だ」と述べている。 停戦違反の報道は投資家を不安にさせ、協定の脆弱性を示唆した。 CNNは、準国営通信社ファルス通信を引用し、イスラエルがレバノンを攻撃した後、イランが水路を通る石油タンカーの航行を停止したと報じた。また、クウェートとアラブ首長国連邦は、イランのドローンとミサイルによる攻撃を受けたと発表した。 パキスタンのシャバズ・シャリフ首相は、アシム・ムニール元帥とともに停戦仲介役を務めたが、自身のSNS「X」への投稿で、停戦違反は「和平プロセスの精神を損なう」と述べた。 DBS銀行のエネルギー・再生可能エネルギー・インフラ調査責任者、スブロ・サルカール氏は、「停戦は差し迫った大規模攻撃を効果的に阻止し、交渉の余地を生み出すが、根本的な紛争やインフラ被害を解決するものではない」と述べた。「2週間という期間は非常に短く、サプライチェーンへの構造的なダメージは深刻だ」と付け加えた。 報道によると、焦点はイランが米国に提示した10項目の提案に移っており、その中にはイランに対する制裁解除、イランのウラン濃縮計画の承認、ホルムズ海峡の支配権の継続などが含まれている。 チューダー・ピッカリング・ホルトのアナリスト、マット・ポルティージョ氏はMTニュースワイヤーズに電子メールで送ったメモの中で、「これが本当に交渉の基礎となるのであれば、協議は困難を極めるだろう。特に海峡の支配権といった条項は、地域大国にとって受け入れがたいものとなる可能性が高い。イランは依然として通行料を徴収する意向であると報じられている」と述べている。

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