The US and Iran may sign an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on the sidelines of the Group of Seven world leaders summit next week, according to senior officials.
Former Vice President Mike Pence cast doubt on the possibility of a deal between Iran and the U.S. over the two countries’ war shortly before President Trump announced one on Sunday. “My concern right now is not with the intentions of the president. Look, I think the president has earned a great deal of deference…
A US-Iran peace agreement has been officially reached, President Donald Trump and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Sunday. The post BREAKING: Official US-Iran Peace Agreement Complete: Deal to be Signed on June 19 in Switzerland appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Agreement was struck despite an Israeli strike on Lebanon on Sunday that drew criticism from both Iran and TrumpMiddle East crisis – live updatesA peace deal between the US and Iran has been reached following nearly four months of fighting in the region, Donald Trump announced in a post to social media.In a statement posted to Truth Social Sunday evening, the US president announced the opening of the strait of Hormuz as well as the removal of the US naval blockade. “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”, said Trump in the celebratory post. Continue reading...
The U.S. and Iran agreed to a deal to end hostilities on Sunday, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced, with an official signing ceremony expected on Friday, and more detailed nuclear negotiations to follow.Trump confirmed the news and said he was now lifting the U.S. blockade, with Iran expected to open the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has yet to confirm it considers the deal to be in effect.Why it matters: The deal is expected to extend the ceasefire by 60 days, reopen the strait and launch nuclear talks after 107 days of war.The memorandum of understanding would mark the biggest diplomatic breakthrough of the war and buy time to settle the hardest questions over Iran's nuclear program.The agreement was expected to be signed electronically on Sunday after mediation by Pakistan and Qatar, but it's unclear if that has happened.Sharif said the signing ceremony would be Friday in Switzerland.The big picture: If it holds, the deal could ease the global energy shock the war set off. The agreement is designed to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which before the war handled about 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas. But it leaves key nuclear issues to be negotiated over the next two months.Reopening the whole strait may not be immediate in practice. Mine-clearing, repairing infrastructure and guaranteeing security could take time before a full return to pre-war shipping volumes.Breaking it down: The agreement calls for the U.S. and Iran to negotiate over Iran's nuclear enrichment and the disposal of its highly enriched uranium during the 60-day window.The U.S. will commit to discuss sanctions relief and the release of frozen Iranian funds, with relief expected to be tied to Iran's compliance.The ceasefire includes fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, which flared up again on Sunday.State of play: The apparent agreement comes after a volatile final stretch. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in Beirut hours before the expected signing, prompting Iranian threats to walk away from the deal.What they're saying: "The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines," Trump wrote on Truth Social.That came minutes after Sharif posted on X that "the Peace Deal between the United States of America and Islamic Republic of Iran has been REACHED. Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon."Sharif added that the deal was "now in place."What's next: Sharif said Pakistan and the other mediators would "facilitate a series of meetings this week," to be followed by technical talks.The sides have given themselves 60 days to reach a technical agreement on how to downblend Iran's highly enriched uranium and both freeze and monitor Iran's nuclear program going forward. That's a tall order given how difficult it was to reach the much less detailed memorandum of understanding. The U.S. side insists Iran is incentivized to reach a final agreement because sanctions relief and access to frozen funds depend on progress on the nuclear front. Some hawks in the U.S. and Israel worry there will never be a final deal and the war will end with the nuclear questions unresolved.
President Trump announced Sunday that his administration has reached a deal with the Iranian government, signaling a potential end to a three-and-a-half month conflict in the Middle East. “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll…
Mark Levin, one of President Donald Trump's most reliable media defenders and a leading hawk on the Iran war, is breaking with the president over the peace deal Trump is racing to sign — demanding to actually see the agreement before it's locked in.In a post on X on Sunday, the conservative radio host pressed for transparency on the memorandum of understanding the administration says it will sign with Iran. Levin asked whether the MOU "has... been released so we can actually read it," answering his own question with a pointed "Why not?" Briefing "selected reporters" through a "senior official" on the deal's "broad outlines," he argued, "is not enough."The complaint lands as Trump pushes to finalize the agreement on Sunday — his 80th birthday. Trump declared on Truth Social that the deal was "scheduled to get signed" and that the Strait of Hormuz would be "OPEN TO ALL" immediately afterward, casting it as a barrier to a nuclear-armed Iran.The reported terms help explain why a hawk like Levin is uneasy. According to Reuters and other outlets, the draft would have Iran reopen the strait while the U.S. lifts its naval blockade, releases roughly $25 billion in frozen Iranian assets — including direct cash transfers — waives oil sanctions and holds off on new ones, with broader nuclear talks pushed to a later phase.The Sunday post wasn't a one-off. British broadcaster Piers Morgan, locked in his own feud with Levin, accused the host over the weekend of having "raged at President Trump for wanting to end the Iran war" and urging him to keep bombing — and Levin's own broadcasts back up the charge. As the fighting moved toward a truce, Levin declared on his show, "I hate this word ceasefire," and argued that Iran "should be forced to sign a surrender document. Unconditional surrender." After an earlier ceasefire, he warned on Sean Hannity's program to "make no mistake: they are the enemy," insisting the regime would not be contained "if there's not regime change."He has been just as dismissive of the diplomacy itself, calling Iran's proposals "an absolute disaster" and branding reported drafts of the deal "disastrous," warning that an agreement along those lines would let the Iranian regime survive. That hard line has put Levin crosswise not only with the president he usually defends but with parts of Trump's own base — figures like Steve Bannon have accused him of undermining Trump's "peace posture" and quietly siding with the neocon hawks the MAGA movement claims to reject.The details of the deal itself remain murky, which is precisely Levin's gripe. Iran has repeatedly cautioned against speculation about the timing and contents, and its Fars news agency reported the strait would stay under Tehran's control, dismissing Trump's "open to all" claim as "incomplete and inconsistent with reality." Trump, for his part, has denied Iran's account of the terms.Also on Sunday, Levin wrote, "Iran’s Hezbollah continues firing missiles into Israel. This is precisely what I and others have been warning about."It all marks a striking turn for a host who spent the war as one of Trump's fiercest defenders. But with Trump now moving to wind the conflict down and cut a deal that delivers Iran sweeping economic relief, Levin has shifted from cheerleader to skeptic — joining a chorus of hawks bristling at an outcome they spent months warning against.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif announced that a deal between the U.S. and Iran has been reached with a signing expected on Friday in Switzerland. NBC News' Keir Simmons, Gabe Gutierrez and Matt Bradley report.