US entered war with maximalist goals and exits it with pragmatic decision to end conflict despite political cost Middle East crisis – live updates As the adage goes: no plan of battle survives first contact with the enemy. Donald Trump entered the war with Iran with maximalist goals: eliminating the country’s nuclear programme, destroying its ballistic missile programme and ending its support for regional military groups including Hezbollah and Hamas. Continue reading...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson announced the signing of the Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding by the presidents of the two countries.
The 14-point document was sealed "electronically" and has reportedly already entered force US President Donald Trump has personally signed a memorandum of understanding with Tehran, with a photo of the process sent to the Iranian side and the mediators, according to Axios.
The 14-point document was sealed electronically and has already entered force US President Donald Trump has personally signed a copy of the memorandum of understanding with Tehran, with a photo of the document reportedly sent to the Iranian side and the mediators.
The 14-point document was sealed "electronically" and has already entered force US President Donald Trump has personally signed a copy of the memorandum of understanding with Tehran, with a photo of the document reportedly sent to the Iranian side and the mediators.
The 14-point document was sealed electronically and has reportedly already entered force US President Donald Trump has personally signed a memorandum of understanding with Tehran, with a photo of the process sent to the Iranian side and the mediators, Axios reported, citing two US officials.
The 14-point document was sealed electronically and has already entered force US President Donald Trump has personally signed a copy of the memorandum of understanding with Tehran, with a photo of the document reportedly sent to the Iranian side and the mediators.
Iran's Baghaei says text of Memorandum of Understanding has officially been signed by Iran and US The text of the agreement between the United States and Iran has been officially signed by the presidents of both sides, Iran state media reported early on Thursday, citing foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei.
Senior US officials sought to clarify key provisions of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran, pushing back against reports that Tehran would receive access to frozen assets, sanctions relief or a multibillion-dollar reconstruction package upon signing the agreement.
Israeli settlers torch two West Bank mosques, Palestinian officials say Israeli settlers set fire to mosques in two villages in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, their mayors said, with AFP journalists at one site seeing scorched walls and graffiti. The incidents come during a period of increased attacks against Palestinian communities by settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank since the start of the Gaza war in 2023. Osama Abdullah, head of the village council in Jiljiliya, north of Ramallah, told AFP that "settlers set fire to the ablution room, caused damage to the village's main mosque, and scrawled hostile slogans on the outer walls".
US used Musk’s Grok AI to deploy 2,000 munitions during Iran war Submitted by MEE staff on Wed, 06/17/2026 - 21:33 A Trump administration official reveals in written testimony the US used the trillionaire's AI during the Iran war to strike 2,000 targets Photograph shows screens displaying the logo of Grok, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by xAI, an American company specialising in artificial intelligence, and its founder, South African businessman Elon Musk, on 13 January 2025 in Toulouse, France (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP) Off US forces employed Elon Musk’s Grok AI to strike over 2,000 targets in 96 hours during the joint US - Israel war on Iran , according to a written declaration from the US Department of Defense’s digital and artificial intelligence chief, Cameron Stanley. The details of the department’s use of AI were revealed in the submission to the United States District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, where Musk’s xAI is facing a lawsuit from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP), which contends the company is illegally running natural gas turbines. Grok was developed by xAI.
President Trump lashed out at critics who say the agreement achieves less than the one President Barack Obama signed in 2015, and he threatened to bomb Iran again if it violated the deal.
Trump thanks China's Xi, Russia's Putin for being 'neutral' in Iran war US President Donald Trump on Wednesday described Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin as "neutral" during the war with Iran, saying they had not thwarted his efforts to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions. "I just want to thank them because they made it a lot better," Trump said following the adoption of a ceasefire agreement. Speaking at a press conference at the Group of Seven conference in Evian-les-Bains, France, Trump told reporters he was grateful to the leaders for staying out of the conflict.
Evian [France], June 18 (ANI): G7 leaders on Wednesday (local time) called for more balanced, durable and resilient global growth, stressing the need for the swift restoration of free and safe transit through the Strait of Hormuz and a lasting resolution to ongoing conflicts that have heightened uncertainty across the global economy.
Evian [France], June 18 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take a 'softer touch' in dealing with Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Speaking at a Press Conference at the G7 Summit, he called Netanyahu 'a good man' who, according to him, 'gets a little excited sometimes'.
Tehran says considering plan for Iran, US presidents to sign deal Tehran's foreign ministry on Wednesday said it was considering a plan for the presidents of the US and Iran to sign the deal ending the war, ahead of an expected ceremony in Switzerland. "So far, our plans for the Geneva meeting have not changed," ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said. "Regarding the signing of the memorandum of understanding, one idea is that it be done by the presidents of the two countries, which is currently under review.
The preliminary U. S. -Iran deal temporarily waives restrictions that have limited the country’s oil sales and how much money it has been able to make from those exports.
