‘We Cannot Trust Any Iranian Promises’: 3 Opinion Writers Dissect the Iran Deal
Was the Iran war worth it — and will the latest agreement even stick?
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OIC says Somaliland embassy in occupied Jerusalem is illegal
OIC says Somaliland embassy in occupied Jerusalem is illegal The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has condemned the opening of an embassy by the self-declared state of “Somaliland” in occupied Jerusalem, calling the move illegal. The OIC’s General Secretariat said the step amounted to a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and relevant UN resolutions. It stressed that Israel, as the occupying power, has no sovereignty over occupied Jerusalem and said any measures aimed at changing the city’s political, legal or demographic status are null and void under international law.
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'Trump has sold us out': Israelis react with anger and anxiety to new Iran deal
As Washington and Tehran prepare to sign a historic peace agreement, many Israelis fear the deal preserves Iran's military power and sets the stage for the next war After more than three and a half months of fighting and intense back-and-forth negotiations, US President Donald Trump announced
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US President Trump meets President Macron after arrival in France
Evian [France], June 15 (ANI): US President Donald Trump met French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday (local time) in Evian after arriving in France for the G7 Summit. Trump arrived in the French resort town of Evian-les-Bains to attend the 52nd G7 Summit following a watershed diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East.
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"Everything is very nice...": Trump after arrival in France for G7 Summit
Evian [France], June 15 (ANI): US President Donald Trump arrived in the French resort town of Evian-les-Bains to attend the 52nd G7 Summit on Monday, carrying geopolitical momentum following a watershed diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East. 'Everything is very nice,' he said from a distance to the reporters and briefly waved to them.
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US President Donald Trump lands in Geneva on way to France for G7 Summit
Geneva [Switzerland], June 15 (ANI): US President Donald Trump reached Geneva enroute Evian-les-Bains, France, to attend this year's G7 summit, with the recently announced peace deal with Iran likely to be at the forefront of discussions. Trump flew overnight from Washington, departing in the wee hours. Trump will hold a one-on-one meeting with the G7 host and French President Emmanuel Macron.
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"We don't trust Pakistanis": Israeli Ambassador Azar denounces Islamabad's stance amid shifting regional diplomacy
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): As a historic US-brokered peace agreement between Washington and Tehran begins to reshape the geopolitics of West Asia, Israel has maintained a posture of staunch defiance. Israeli Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, has explicitly rejected the possibility of Pakistan playing a constructive role in regional peace efforts, citing a deep-seated lack of trust.
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Trump says many ships "loaded up with oil" started to move out of Hormuz after announcement of Iran-US deal
Washington DC [US], June 15 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday said that ships, including several carrying oil, had started moving out of the Strait of Hormuz following his announcement of the completion of the Iran-US peace deal aimed at ending the hostilities in the region.
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Netanyahu fights for survival after Iran setback and US deal
Netanyahu fights for survival after Iran setback and US deal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just given a news conference by trying to present the US-Israeli war on Iran as a success, as he fights for political survival after Washington reached a deal with Tehran. Facing anger inside Israel, including from members of his own government, Netanyahu insisted that preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons remained his “life’s mission”. Netanyahu claimed Iran had posed an “immediate danger” and said Israel had removed the threat “together with our American friends”.
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Trump declares US-Iran peace deal ‘all signed’ as G7 leaders battle to tie up loose ends
US president says strait of Hormuz will be open from Friday but questions remain over waterway fees and Israeli breaches of ceasefire in Lebanon Tallying the global cost of the US-Israel war against Iran Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has declared that the strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” from Friday, as western leaders gathering at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains battled to prevent the fragile US deal with Iran from almost immediately unravelling. “The deal’s all signed. And the strait is already partially opened,” Trump said as he arrived at the summit in France, but Israeli breaches of the ceasefire in Lebanon and Iran’s claims about its right to charge fees in the crucial waterway revealed the agreement’s many loose ends .
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Iran and US agree peace deal roadmap: What is and isnt known
Tehran and Washington have reached a preliminary agreement to end the conflict in the Middle East The US and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to end the hostilities in the Middle East, following weeks of direct and indirect negotiations mediated by Pakistan. The formal ceremony to sign the Iran-US Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will take place in Geneva on Friday.
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Iran and US agree peace deal roadmap: What is and isn't known
Tehran and Washington have reached a preliminary agreement to end the conflict in the Middle East The US and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to end the hostilities in the Middle East, following weeks of direct and indirect negotiations mediated by Pakistan.
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Trump Thanks China and Russia, Partners of Iran, for Diplomatic Help
China and Russia have both given support to Iran during the war that the United States and Israel started. But President Trump has made no mention of that.
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Iranian foreign minister discusses Lebanon terms in US-Iran deal
Iranian foreign minister discusses Lebanon terms in US-Iran deal Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says he has discussed the Lebanon-related provisions of the US-Iran agreement with Lebanese leaders. According to Araghchi’s Telegram account, he held separate phone calls with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. The talks come amid conflicting reports over how far the agreement covers Lebanon and whether it is linked to Israel’s continued presence and attacks in the country.
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Iran deal presents political nightmare for Netanyahu
Donald Trump's ceasefire agreement with Iran leaves the Israeli PM trapped in a new political and security dilemma.
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Trump says Iran deal has been signed – video
Donald Trump said an agreement with Iran had been signed and the text of the deal would be released some time after a formal signing on Friday, adding that the strait of Hormuz would be fully opened. Speaking on Monday alongside the French president, Emmanuel Macron, before this week's G7 meeting in France, Trump also said Iran 'won't have a nuclear weapon' Middle East crisis live US and Iran reach framework peace deal to end war Continue reading...
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If US-Iran peace deal is signed, nuclear talks can finally resume
Inherent ambiguities could yet derail signing, with Trump so far achieving none of his stated goals of the war Tallying the global cost of the US-Israel war against Iran Middle East crisis – live updates If we get to a Friday signing ceremony without this uncertain new US-Iran deal being derailed by any of its inherent ambiguities, then nuclear talks can finally restart in the same place – and at almost exactly the same point they were before this conflict started. The world will have irrevocably been changed in other ways. There is no going back for the 120 Iranian children in Minab killed in their primary school in the war’s first hours, nor for their bereaved parents, or any of the thousands in Iran, Lebanon and around the region whose lives were erased or blighted by a feckless war of choice.
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Conflicting reports emerge on whether Iran deal covers Lebanon
Conflicting reports emerge on whether Iran deal covers Lebanon While the BBC has reported that the agreement does not include Lebanon, The Times of Israel is citing a senior US official as saying the memorandum of understanding still envisions a ceasefire covering Lebanon, as well as Iran. The official said the deal is not conditioned on Israel withdrawing from Lebanon. “The deal is a ceasefire, but it will not be a one-way ceasefire.
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US official says Iran deal does not include Lebanon: Report
US official says Iran deal does not include Lebanon: Report A senior US official has told the BBC that the agreement with Iran does not include Lebanon, but said direct talks between Israel and Lebanon are under way. "If Iran is not able to control Hezbollah and if they attack Israeli positions or Israeli towns, Israel will have the right to defend themselves and respond," the official said. The official added that Iran and its allies, along with the US and its allies, are trying to end hostilities and reach a final peace deal that "will hopefully include a lot of these proxy groups".
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The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s Iran deal: a pause is not a triumph | Editorial
The US-Iran ceasefire is welcome. But the US president is trying to disguise a failed war of choice as a diplomatic victory The US-Iran agreement to halt fighting for 60 days is welcome, because even cynical diplomacy is better than war. But Donald Trump should not be allowed to call this a triumph.
