The US and Iran have reached a tentative deal to end the conflict in the Middle East, but competing claims from Donald Trump and Tehran have left the details shrouded in uncertainty. Questions remain over the reopening of the strait of Hormuz, Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, and the future of Iran’s nuclear programme. Nosheen Iqbal speaks to the Guardian’s senior international correspondent Julian Borger Continue reading...
US vice president says Iran could access $300bn reconstruction fund US Vice President JD Vance has suggested Iran could gain access to $300bn in reconstruction funds if it complies with the tentative peace deal with Washington. Asked by CBS News’s Ed O’Keefe whether the reported funding package was part of the agreement, Vance said it was possible if Tehran honoured its commitments. "That's the sort of thing they could have access to, funded by the Gulf coast coalition, so long as they honour their end of the obligation," Vance said.
Iranian president says deal with US could become a ‘honourable document’ Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the memorandum of understanding could be seen as an "honourable document" for Iran if all sides implement it properly, according to state-run IRIB and the semi-official Fars news agency. Fars also cited Pezeshkian as saying that 90 percent of Supreme National Security Council members had voted in favour of the agreement. He said the details would be approved at the "appropriate time".
Agreement contains no restrictions on Iran’s ballistic missiles, nor does it call for regime change or surrender Middle East crisis – live updates The basic structure of the US-Iran deal reached late on Sunday – a return to the prewar status quo – has been on offer from Iran for more than a month. So has the specific architecture: an immediate unwinding of the consequences of the US-Israeli war through the reopening of the strait of Hormuz and a deferral of the actual negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme, the ostensible cause of the war. The concept of a 60-day ceasefire to resolve these issues has also been a fixture for more than a month.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Following the sharp rebuke by Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on the Iran-US peace deal, where he said that the Jewish state is not bound by US President Donald Trump's agreement with the Islamic Republic, Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar
Tel Aviv [Israel], June 15 (ANI): As the landscape of Middle East diplomacy shifts following a newly announced US-led agreement with Tehran, Israel is signalling a defiant and assertive security posture.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being silent on the US attack on a commercial vessel in the Gulf, which killed three Indians. In a post on X, Kejriwal said the US President Donald Trump will be held accountable for Indian lives lost.
What does the US-Iran deal mean for Lebanon? Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Mon, 06/15/2026 - 10:17 Iran has insisted Lebanon is included in a new end to fighting in the Middle East... but Israel seems to disagree A man makes his way through a heavily damaged building in the centre of Nabatieh on 15 June 2026 (AFP/Abbas Fakih) Off The announcement of a new deal between the US and Iran to end months of fighting and blockades has elicited a sigh of relief in much of the Middle East.
For all of the cautious optimism surrounding the framework agreement, some of the toughest issues lie ahead, and the deal could still fall apart.
Eight years after tearing up Obamas agreement, Washington is back at the table with fewer advantages Last night, verified reports emerged of a forthcoming agreement between the US and Iran. This development, though long-awaited, has surprised not only the Middle East but the entire world.
Lebanon will push for full Israeli withdrawal, PM says Lebanon will redouble efforts to secure the complete Israeli withdrawal from its lands, and the release of prisoners, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said following the announcement of the US-Iran agreement. In a cabinet meeting on Monday, he stated the Lebanese government is working to return displaced residents to their homes in the country’s south and will intensify efforts with partners to secure the requirements for reconstruction. "The government has mobilised all its resources in recent months to respond to the displacement crisis, and we look forward to our people being able to return safely and with dignity to their towns and villages as soon as possible.
As the US and Iran announce a deal, the BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen looks at what that means for Lebanon.
Macron warns Iran against imposing Hormuz tolls French President Emmanuel Macron warned Iran against imposing tolls on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, saying "everything" should be done so fees are not charged for passage through the key bottleneck. "We defend international law, and we will do everything in our power to ensure there is no toll," Macron told TF1 television on Monday ahead of the G7 summit in France . Macron said a joint France-UK mission to ensure the Strait opens was prepared to deploy "very quickly", with the French flagship aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle ready to be in the zone "on a timescale of two to three days".
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Indian stock market extended sharp gains on Monday with both benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty gaining over a per cent each. The rally came on the back of the Iran-US peace deal and slipping oil prices. Nifty ended the session in green at 23,853.
While the president says the agreement would open the Strait of Hormuz and provide economic relief, Iran’s nuclear program is still a subject for negotiation.
Iran claimed the deal would extend to fighting in Lebanon but no details of the agreement were made public and Israel said its forces would remain there.
The U. S. -Iran framework agreement appears to omit some of the most important provisions that Israel wanted.
Iran calls Lebanon an integral part of US peace deal Lebanon is an integral part of the agreement to end the war with the US, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday, adding that the draft memorandum mentions Lebanon thrice as it calls for an end to war on all fronts. “Respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon is part of interim agreement with the US,” Esmaeil Baghaei told reporters. He said diplomatic visits to regional countries are on the agenda for Tehran, before the signing of the agreement due on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland.
'Israel is weaker': Israeli political class reacts angrily to the US-Iran peace deal Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Mon, 06/15/2026 - 13:16 Across the political spectrum, Israeli figures denounce an agreement they see as unfavourable to Israel and pledge not to commit Destruction in Nabatieh, Lebanon, on 15 June 2026, as Israel's defence minister said the army would remain in Lebanon indefinitely, hours after the US-Iran peace deal's announcement (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP) Off Anger and disappointment were recorded in Israel on Monday morning after mediator Pakistan announced late on Sunday that the US and Iran had reached a peace agreement. "We are pleased to announce that the Peace Deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been REACHED," Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on his X account. Sharif, who assumed the role of the mediator between the US and Iran after the joint Israeli-US war on Iran started in April, added that the agreement included an "immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon".
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An informed source revealed that under the Iran-US memorandum of understanding, US combat forces are required to withdraw from areas surrounding Iran within 30 days of a final agreement.
