Middle East crisis live: JD Vance claims nuclear inspectors will return to Iran as part of deal; Israel says its forces will remain in Lebanon ‘buffer zone’

Nuclear inspectors will return to Iran as part of deal, claims Vance

US vice-president JD Vance ⁠has said nuclear inspectors will “absolutely” be allowed to return ⁠to Iran as part of the deal ⁠with Washington to end the war.

“In fact, one ‌of the core parts of the agreement is that the [International Atomic Energy Agency] and the ‌United States are going to help Iran destroy the highly enriched stockpile, and that’s something that’s spelled out very clearly” ⁠in the memorandum of understanding the US and Iran had already agreed to, NBC News quoted ‌Vance as saying in an interview on Monday.

What the deal specifies about the future of Iran’s nuclear program has not yet been made clear, as the details are still to be revealed publicly and both sides have given different accounts of what has been agreed so far.

Donald Trump has repeated that “Iran will never have a nuclear weapon” while officials from Pakistan, which mediated the deal, reportedly said talks on the nuclear issue would continue over the next 60 days under the agreement.

Trump has said the US could resume attacks on Iran if it failed to reach a nuclear deal.

The Trump administration is prepared to allow the establishment of a $300bn investment fund for Iran if it agrees to a final settlement to end the war that includes a nuclear deal, according to the Financial Times.

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The report cites a US official as saying Washington had discussed the possibility of sanctions relief and “a big $300bn fund to rebuild their country”. The incentives would be connected to Iran’s “performance” in adhering to the memorandum of understanding that is to be formally signed in Geneva on Friday.

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The establishment of the fund would be contingent on a final settlement that is part of the MoU and would follow a 60-day extension of the ceasefire, the reopening of the strait of Hormuz and further negotiations on a nuclear deal, the report quotes a person briefed on the talks as saying.

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The fund would not come from governments and instead would be created for companies keen to invest in the country with abundant energy resources, the person added. The structure and management of the fund were not immediately clear.

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The FT report also said:

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The scale of financial incentives the US has floated for Iran has been a contentious topic in the negotiations. It has also been among the most politically sensitive issues for Donald Trump because he is loath to be seen to be rewarding the Islamic regime.”

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As just mentioned, Trump has dismissed the report as “fake news”.

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Donald Trump has just said again that Iran agreed not to ever have a nuclear weapon.

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In a post on his Truth Social platform the US president also referred to a news report that Washington is considering establishing a $300bn fund for Iran if it upholds a final agreeement to end the war including a nuclear deal.

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Trump’s post says:

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Iran has agreed to never have a Nuclear Weapon! Also, the story that the U.S. is paying Iran 300 million Dollars is Fake News, put out by the Dumocrats!!!”

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Benjamin Netanyahu used his first public statement after Washington and Tehran agreed to a deal to end the war to announce that he will be running in elections scheduled for later this year.

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Netanyahu has been prime minister since 2022, but also held office from 1996 to 1997 and 2009 to 2021, making him Israel’s longest serving prime minister.

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In his first address since the US and Iran signed the memorandum of understanding, Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces will also remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, AFP reports.

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“We established deep security zones around the state of Israel. We did this in Gaza, in Lebanon, and in Syria,” Netanyahu said. “And I want to make it clear: we will remain in these security zones for as long as necessary to protect our country.”

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Netanyahu also said that though the war saved Israel from the threat of nuclear annihilation, Israel will continue to thwart threats in the region and will do what it takes to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, Netanyahu said.

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Israel’s military said it has killed two Hamas commanders in strikes in Gaza on Monday.

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The Israeli Air Force identified the targets of the strikes as Saleh Ramadan Muhammad Khalifa, killed in central Gaza, and Muhammad Musa Diab al-Bil, who was killed in the north of the strip.

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In a post on X, the air force said the two commanders had “planned to carry out terror attacks against IDF forces, posed an immediate threat to the forces, and were eliminated in precise strikes.”

n The announcement came after Donald Trump said the tentative deal between the United States and Iran had been signed, with the text of the agreement set to be released later this week.

n During the address in Paris, ahead of a G7 meeting in France, the US president said the Strait of Hormuz would be fully opened.

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A memorandum ⁠of understanding ⁠between the United States ⁠and Iran ⁠has been ‌signed by ‌president Donald ‌Trump, vice-president JD ‌Vance and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher ⁠Qalibaf, a senior US official said on Monday. Speaking at the start of bilateral talks with French president Emmanuel Macron ahead of a G7 summit in France, Trump said that ships are starting to pass through the strait of Hormuz now and that by Friday, the strait “will be completely open”.

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The deal included a ceasefire in Lebanon but did not provide for a withdrawal of Israeli troops from areas that they occupied. Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam has said diplomatic efforts with the US are continuing in order to achieve the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from territory in southern Lebanon.

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Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz has said that “the IDF will remain in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza – indefinitely – to defend the border and Israeli communities against jihadist elements,” the Israeli newspaper Hareetz reports. Israel currently occupies swathes of southern Lebanon and Katz said that troops won’t withdraw from the land.

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Hezbollah has welcomed the memorandum of ⁠understanding ⁠between the United States and ⁠Iran, saying it had resulted in ⁠a comprehensive ceasefire ‌across ‌all fronts, including Lebanon. In ‌a written statement, the Tehran-backed group warned Israel that it ‌would not accept any attacks that violate Lebanon’s sovereignty or targeted its ⁠people. It said Lebanon’s inclusion in the agreement reflected Iran’s commitment ‌to ending the war.

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Fury has continued to mount in India over the US’s refusal to apologise for the deaths of Indian sailors killed in strikes in the strait of Hormuz, further straining relations between the two countries as their leaders meet at the G7 summit in France this week.

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Global oil prices have tumbled amid fresh hopes that a US-Iran peace deal may end the greatest energy supply crisis in the history of the market. The price of Brent crude dropped below $84 a barrel as the new trading week began in financial centres across Asia-Pacific.

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The strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” from Friday after a deal between Iran and the US to end the Middle East war that limited shipping in the critical bottleneck, president Donald Trump has said.

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Speaking at the start of bilateral talks with French president Emmanuel Macron ahead of a G7 summit in France, Trump added “I don’t think we will need much help” on keeping the strait open, after London and Paris proposed a joint naval mission.

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The memorandum ⁠of understanding ⁠between the United States ⁠and Iran ⁠has been ‌signed by ‌president Donald ‌Trump and vice-president JD ‌Vance and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher ⁠Qalibaf, a senior US official said on Monday.

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In a post to Truth Social, the US president, Donald Trump, has just claimed that ships carrying oil are “starting to move” out of the strait of Hormuz, even though many shippers say the arrangement to cross the waterway remains unclear and consider it too risky for ships to commence transit again. Trump wrote:

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Ships are starting to move, many loaded up with Oil, out of the Strait of Hormuz. They are going along the Southern “Highway,” which is totally safe, secure, and pristine. There are other areas of travel, also!!!

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Shipping companies and insurers will feel like the strait is safer for passage after the framework peace deal with Iran is signed and the remaining mines cleared.

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The official said Hezbollah rejects Israeli “freedom of movement” in Lebanon and said Iran delayed signing the deal with ⁠the US to monitor Israel’s adherence to the ceasefire in Lebanon.

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Israel has fiercely resisted Lebanon’s inclusion in the deal, where its forces have mounted a broad assault and occupied a swath of land in the south.

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The US president, Donald Trump, called for restraint on Sunday after Israel launched fresh airstrikes on the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

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Fury has continued to mount in India over the US’s refusal to apologise for the deaths of Indian sailors killed in strikes in the strait of Hormuz, further straining relations between the two countries as their leaders meet at the G7 summit in France this week.

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Last week, three Indian seafarers, who were working on board commercial oil tankers, were killed when the US launched missile strikes on the vessel as it sailed through the strait of Hormuz.

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The deaths were the first since the US military began in April its blockade of the strait in an attempt to squeeze Iran’s economy and push its government towards a peace deal.

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However, the seemingly blase response from the US government to the killing of the sailors has been the cause of great consternation in India. Headlines over the weekend simply read: “No apology from Washington.”

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The initial US government statement initially did not even make any mention of the deaths, instead just confirming that its forces had carried out a strike on a vessel in the strait that was allegedly in violation of sanctions, and which had been “uncooperative”.

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The Indian government first condemned the strikes with “strong protest” and summoned a senior US diplomat to convey that the strikes must stop.

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But as pressure over the attack continued to build in Delhi, India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, spoke directly to the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, sending a signal that India would not simply let the matter slide. You can read the full story here:

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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has said he hopes the US-Iran framework deal would put a “definitive end” to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iranian backed Lebanese militant group and political party.

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In a statement issued by his office, Aoun praised the memorandum’s affirmation that “Lebanon’s security and safety are an integral part of any effort to consolidate stability in the region”.

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The Lebanese people “look forward to these understandings transforming into practical steps that put a definitive end to the cycle of violence and establish a phase of stability, security, recovery and reconstruction,” the statement added.

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Hezbollah, which operates independently from the Lebanese state, has not been a party to the negotiations between Israel and the government of Lebanon. Despite having been engaged in diplomacy with Lebanon, Israel was striking southern Lebanon and ordering mass evacuation orders on a near-daily basis. This was before the US-Iran agreement was announced yesterday.

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It is yet to be seen if the Israeli attacks, which killed many civilians and destroyed civilian infrastructure, will continue in Lebanon going forward, a red line for Iran and something that will derail peace talks with the US.

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Hezbollah had fired rockets and drones into northern Israel and against Israeli troops in southern Lebanon as the group rejected pushes for its disarmament and Israeli occupation of large areas of the south.

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Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has held phone calls with his counterparts in Turkey, Iraq and Egypt, according to a post on his Telegram channel.

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He updated them on the contents of the US-Iran framework peace deal, thanked them for their mediation efforts and reiterated Iran’s position that Israel must halt its attacks on Lebanon for the agreement to be honoured.

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Araghchi also held a telephone call with his Japense counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, who welcomed the memorandum of understanding with the US, according to the statement. Both foreign ministers also vowed to stay in close contact “regarding future cooperation on the issue of the strait of Hormuz”.

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The far-right Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has said the framework peace deal is “bad for Israel” and “the entire free world”. In a post on X, he wrote:

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The joint campaign had many achievements in weakening Iran, and they will not go to waste. We will have to continue the campaign to topple the regime ourselves and in creative ways, and ensure that Iran will never have nuclear weapons.

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None of the candidates who see themselves as fit for the premiership would withstand even ten percent of the pressure currently being applied to the Israeli government, and especially to the one at its head.

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In Lebanon, we will be tested. This is our war, our fighters, and the immediate security of our northern residents. I will continue to act so that we continue to stand firm on ours and allow the IDF full freedom of action to continue pushing Hezbollah away.

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Benjamin Netanyahu is at the helm of the most right-wing coalition in Israeli history, which includes Smotrich, an ultranationalist who has called for government reprisal attacks on Palestinians and is a leading, many would say extreme, figure in the Israeli settler movement. He wields a considerable influence over Netanyahu, who is running in an election that must be held by October.

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It will be the first since the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage. Netanyahu has repeatedly refused to take direct responsibility for the security and intelligence failings that occurred in the lead-up to the attack, which triggered the Israeli assault on Gaza, widely viewed as a genocide against the Palestinian population.

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Netanyahu had wanted to go into the election being able to boast about the fall and eradication of the Iranian regime, according to the Times of Israel, but is now reportedly trying to buy himself time and delay the election date to as late as possible after this goal failed to materialise, with the US wanting a swift end to the war and a more hardline regime calcifying in Iran.

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Israeli newspaper Hareetz has quoted the country’s defence minister, Israel Katz, as having said that “the IDF will remain in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza – indefinitely – to defend the border and Israeli communities against jihadist elements.”

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Israel currently occupies swathes of southern Lebanon and Katz said that troops won’t withdraw from the land.

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Despite launching the war on Iran alongside the US in late February, Israel was frozen out of the Pakistan-mediated negotiations over the peace deal – and many Israeli politicians and members of the public want the IDF to continue its war on Lebanon to degrade Hezbollah’s capabilities further.

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At least 3,711 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the start of the war on 2 March, according to the country’s health ministry. Israel’s renewed war on Lebanon was triggered in response to Hezbollah firing rockets at northern Israel after the US and Israel killed the former Iranian supreme leader in Tehran on 28 February.

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As well as killing many civilians, the Israeli assault on the country has led to the widespread demolition of homes in southern Lebanon and triggered a refugee crisis in which hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee in response to sweeping evacuation orders often given at little or no notice.

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Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, on Monday denounced the deal between the US and Iran to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon, insisting his country was not bound by it.

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“Trump’s agreement does not bind us… we are not party to this agreement. It does not safeguard our security,” Ben Gvir said on his Telegram channel, in what was the first reaction from an Israeli official to the deal.

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“We must not settle for anything less than the dismantling of Hezbollah. We must not withdraw from a single inch of territory that our soldiers have captured and cleared of terrorist infrastructure,” he said.

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The United States and Iran said they reached a deal to end the Middle East war on all fronts including Lebanon, and reopen the vital strait of Hormuz, but offered little indication on the thorny question of Tehran’s nuclear programme, reports Agence France-Presse.

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Washington and Islamabad said the agreement was to be signed on Friday in Switzerland. But the content of the deal, which follows weeks of fraught negotiations and periodic threats from Trump of fresh hostilities unless Iran reached a deal, remained unclear.

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Iran’s Mehr news agency reported the US would release $12bn in frozen assets to Iran before the start of negotiations.

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It quoted a 14-point “memorandum of understanding” between the two nations, which it said stipulated “the release of 24 billion dollars in frozen Iranian assets during the 60?day negotiation period” that begins after the MoU is signed.

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The Trump administration didn’t immediately comment on the details of the agreement, which may prove contentious as the US presses its effort to end Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and deal with its stockpile of highly enriched uranium – believed to have been buried by US strikes last year.

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In an interview with the New York Times on Sunday, Trump said Washington was still negotiating whether Iran would suspend its enrichment for 20 years.

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News of the deal has sparked comment from leaders around the globe, including in France, Qatar, the UK, Turkey, Japan and Australia.

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Qatar’s foreign ministry expressed its “full support for all efforts and initiatives aimed at enhancing regional security and stability’”.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed “the need to avoid rhetoric, provocations, and actions that could escalate tensions in the period leading up to the signing of the agreement, and to remain vigilant against possible sabotage.”

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French President Emmanuel Macron called for “the urgent and unconditional reopening of the Strait of Hormuz,” adding that France and the UK were “ready to support”.

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British prime minister Keir Starmer said “toll-free freedom of navigation must now be restored in the Strait of Hormuz,” adding that the UK was ready “to offer support on mine clearance.” “It remains the UK’s firm and longstanding position that Iran must never have a nuclear weapon,” he added.

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Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese and foreign minister Penny Wong called for “continued restraint and constructive engagement”. “Iran must address longstanding concerns about its nuclear program and the threat it poses to international security,” they said in a joint statement.

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News of the US-Iran peace deal has been greeted by global markets with a sigh of relief.

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The strait of Hormuz – a vital maritime chokepoint through which roughly 20% of the world’s crude oil supply transits – was effectively closed by Tehran soon after US-Israel strikes on Iran kicked off the conflict on 28 February, roiling global markets for months.

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Writing on Truth Social on his 80th birthday, President Trump said:

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“ 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. Let the oil flow!”

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Crude prices tanked as much as 5% Monday, with West Texas Intermediate approaching $80 a barrel for the first time since the start of March. Brent was down more than 4% at about $83.60

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Asian equities surged, led by Tokyo and Seoul, which piled on more than 5% apiece.

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East, with the US and Iran agreeing to a tentative deal to end the war.

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There are still many details to be ironed out after an MoU is expected to be signed in Geneva on Friday.

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Here is what we know so far.

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The US and Iran have reached a tentative peace deal to end the war, although many critical questions and details, including the reopening of the strait of Hormuz, and the future of Iran’s nuclear program, remain unanswered.

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The agreement was first announced by Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, who has been acting as a mediator. Minutes later, Donald Trump confirmed the deal, writing: “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. Congratulations to all!”

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Trump subsequently said the “Great Deal” would bring peace and security to the region and claimed the strait of Hormuz would be reopened. “The Leaders of the Region have, for the first time, found a President who can help them achieve real Peace,” he said in a post on Truth Social. “With the opening of the Strait upon the signing of the Deal on Friday, for purposes of mine removal, oil will flow on both ends again for the Region, and the World!”

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In televised comments, Iran’s deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the agreement with the United States puts an “immediate end” to the countries’ war. He said the end of the war had been declared on all fronts, including Lebanon.

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However, how the strait of Hormuz will be managed seems uncertain, with Iran’s state media Mehr saying that an MoU expected to be signed in Geneva on Friday stipulates that it will be carried out under “Iranian arrangements”.

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In a call to the New York Times, Trump claimed that under the deal the strait would be “permanently toll free”.

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Trump also insisted that if Iran failed to reach a final nuclear accord with the US, he would restart military attacks on Tehran or make the US “the guardian of the Middle East” in return for 20% of the region’s revenues.

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Some, such as Republican senator Lindsey Graham have expressed concern about the differing substance from US and Iranian negotiating teams.

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Leaders in Europe, Japan, and Australia have welcomed the deal, while the UN chief António Guterres hailed it as a “critical step”.

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Asian markets have responded positively to news, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul gaining more than 5% early Monday. Oil prices fell more than $3 a barrel.

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There has been no immediate reaction to the announcement from Israel, which has said it was not party to the planned US-Iran deal. The agreement ‌was sealed despite an Israeli strike on Lebanon on Sunday that drew criticism from both Iran and Trump.

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Key events

Three oil tankers and two cargo ships carrying goods have passed through the strait of Hormuz area that had been subject to a US naval blockade, Iranian media said on Monday evening.

Donald Trump said earlier in the day that ships were again moving through the strait and that the key oil route would be “completely open” by Friday after the agreed deal between the US and Iran.

The reopening of one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints – though which about a fifth of oil and liquefied natural gas supplies usually travel – would mark a major step towards ending the months of deadly conflict and economic turmoil triggered by the US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February.

“Ships are starting to move, many loaded up with oil, out of the strait of Hormuz,” Trump said, adding later that he did not “think we will need much help” keeping the waterway open, AFP reports.

Iran had blockaded the strait since the start of the war, sending oil prices soaring and raising fears of a prolonged inflation shock, while the US then blocked shipping to and from Iranian ports.

Vessels at the strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday. Photograph: Reuters

US considers $300bn fund for Iran if peace deal is upheld – report

People walking at Enghelab Square in central Tehran, Iran, on Monday. Photograph: Maryam Rahmanian/Shutterstock

The FT report also said:

The scale of financial incentives the US has floated for Iran has been a contentious topic in the negotiations. It has also been among the most politically sensitive issues for Donald Trump because he is loath to be seen to be rewarding the Islamic regime.”

As just mentioned, Trump has dismissed the report as “fake news”.

Iran ‘agreed to never have a nuclear weapon’ – Trump

Donald Trump has just said again that Iran agreed not to ever have a nuclear weapon.

Trump’s post says:

Iran has agreed to never have a Nuclear Weapon! Also, the story that the U.S. is paying Iran 300 million Dollars is Fake News, put out by the Dumocrats!!!”

Nuclear inspectors will return to Iran as part of deal, claims Vance

US vice-president JD Vance ⁠has said nuclear inspectors will “absolutely” be allowed to return ⁠to Iran as part of the deal ⁠with Washington to end the war.

Trump has said the US could resume attacks on Iran if it failed to reach a nuclear deal.

Israel intercepts Hezbollah fire on its forces in Lebanon, says IDF

Hezbollah fired rockets and drones at Israeli forces trying to advance in southern Lebanon, it said late on Monday.

The Israeli military later said it intercepted “numerous rockets” launched by the Iran-backed militant group and that not injuries were reported.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) also said on Telegram that earlier on Monday Hezbollah launched an anti-tank missile and multiple mortar shells at Israeli soldiers in the area. There was no injuries.

Under the US-Iran truce agreement Lebanon is included, Tehran and Pakistan have said, though details have not yet been released publicly. Israel has said it is not party to the deal.

Blasts heard in strait of Hormuz area – report

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The sound of ⁠three explosions has been heard south ‌of ‌Qeshm island ‌and in the strait of Hormuz area, ‌according to the Iranian state news agency ⁠Mehr.

Initial reports suggested the blasts ⁠were probably carried out to “manage traffic in ‌the strait”, it said on Tuesday.

Donald Trump has said that under the agreed deal between the US and Iran, the strait will be “completely open” by Friday and transit would be without toll.

However, Mehr has said the agreement calls for the reopening of the strait within 30 days under “Iranian arrangements”.

Summary

With a memorandum ⁠of understanding ⁠between the United States ⁠and Iran ⁠signed, Donald ‌Trump said the strait of Hormuz “will be completely open” by Friday. A signing ceremony is scheduled to take place on Friday in Geneva, which Trump said he will likely not attend.
The deal included a ceasefire in Lebanon but did not provide for a withdrawal of Israeli troops from areas that they occupied. Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam has said diplomatic efforts with the US are continuing in order to achieve the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from territory in southern Lebanon.
However, in his first public address following the deal signing, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli forces will also remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria “for as long as necessary”. He also announced he would be running for relection.
Hezbollah has welcomed the memorandum of ⁠understanding ⁠between the United States and ⁠Iran, saying it had resulted in ⁠a comprehensive ceasefire ‌across ‌all fronts, including Lebanon. In ‌a written statement, the Tehran-backed group warned Israel that it ‌would not accept any attacks that violate Lebanon’s sovereignty or targeted its ⁠people. It said Lebanon’s inclusion in the agreement reflected Iran’s commitment ‌to ending the war.
Fury has continued to mount in India over the US’s refusal to apologise for the deaths of Indian sailors killed in strikes in the strait of Hormuz, further straining relations between the two countries as their leaders meet at the G7 summit in France this week.
Global oil prices have tumbled amid fresh hopes that a US-Iran peace deal may end the greatest energy supply crisis in the history of the market. The price of Brent crude dropped below $84 a barrel as the new trading week began in financial centres across Asia-Pacific.

Lebanon updates death toll to 3,798

The Lebanese ministry of public health said Monday that at least 3,798 people have been killed since the fighting began in Lebanon on 2 March.

Netanyahu announces he will run in upcoming elections

Benjamin Netanyahu used his first public statement after Washington and Tehran agreed to a deal to end the war to announce that he will be running in elections scheduled for later this year.

Netanyahu has been prime minister since 2022, but also held office from 1996 to 1997 and 2009 to 2021, making him Israel’s longest serving prime minister.

Netanyahu says Israeli forces will remain in Lebanon ‘buffer zone’

In his first address since the US and Iran signed the memorandum of understanding, Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces will also remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, AFP reports.

Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, is making his first statement since the memorandum ⁠of understanding ⁠ between Iran and the US was signed.

Stay tuned for more.

Israel says it has killed two Hamas commanders in strikes in Gaza

Israel’s military said it has killed two Hamas commanders in strikes in Gaza on Monday.

The Israeli Air Force identified the targets of the strikes as Saleh Ramadan Muhammad Khalifa, killed in central Gaza, and Muhammad Musa Diab al-Bil, who was killed in the north of the strip.

The announcement came after Donald Trump said the tentative deal between the United States and Iran had been signed, with the text of the agreement set to be released later this week.

During the address in Paris, ahead of a G7 meeting in France, the US president said the Strait of Hormuz would be fully opened.

Trump says Iran deal has been signed – video

Today so far

A memorandum ⁠of understanding ⁠between the United States ⁠and Iran ⁠has been ‌signed by ‌president Donald ‌Trump, vice-president JD ‌Vance and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher ⁠Qalibaf, a senior US official said on Monday. Speaking at the start of bilateral talks with French president Emmanuel Macron ahead of a G7 summit in France, Trump said that ships are starting to pass through the strait of Hormuz now and that by Friday, the strait “will be completely open”.
The deal included a ceasefire in Lebanon but did not provide for a withdrawal of Israeli troops from areas that they occupied. Lebanon’s prime minister Nawaf Salam has said diplomatic efforts with the US are continuing in order to achieve the full withdrawal of Israeli troops from territory in southern Lebanon.
Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz has said that “the IDF will remain in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza – indefinitely – to defend the border and Israeli communities against jihadist elements,” the Israeli newspaper Hareetz reports. Israel currently occupies swathes of southern Lebanon and Katz said that troops won’t withdraw from the land.
Hezbollah has welcomed the memorandum of ⁠understanding ⁠between the United States and ⁠Iran, saying it had resulted in ⁠a comprehensive ceasefire ‌across ‌all fronts, including Lebanon. In ‌a written statement, the Tehran-backed group warned Israel that it ‌would not accept any attacks that violate Lebanon’s sovereignty or targeted its ⁠people. It said Lebanon’s inclusion in the agreement reflected Iran’s commitment ‌to ending the war.
Fury has continued to mount in India over the US’s refusal to apologise for the deaths of Indian sailors killed in strikes in the strait of Hormuz, further straining relations between the two countries as their leaders meet at the G7 summit in France this week.
Global oil prices have tumbled amid fresh hopes that a US-Iran peace deal may end the greatest energy supply crisis in the history of the market. The price of Brent crude dropped below $84 a barrel as the new trading week began in financial centres across Asia-Pacific.

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…

Will US-Iran peace deal hold? – The Latest

Trump says strait of Hormuz will be ‘completely open’ on Friday

Andrew Roth

The US and Iran have signed a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for a lifting of a US naval blockade on Iran, senior administration officials have said, as part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will allow free movement through the crucial waterway for the next 60 days.

The deal was signed electronically by US president Donald Trump, vice-president JD Vance, and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammed Ghalibaf. A formal signing ceremony is set for Geneva on Friday.

“We have now signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran,” an official said during a briefing call with reporters. “All the details of the agreement have not been put out yet. They will be put out in the next 24-48 hours.”

Technical discussions led by Vance from the US side will begin later this week. That includes the more thorny issues of the fate of Iran’s nuclear program, which Trump has declared must never be able to produce a nuclear weapon.

It would also include provisions to lift sanctions and unfreeze billions of dollars in frozen assets but officials said that would be tied to “Iran meeting their commitments.”

“We discussed the possibility of releasing frozen funds, sanctions relief, you know, a big $300 billion fund to rebuild their country, and all of these things are going to be tied to performance,” one of the officials said.

They said that zero funds had been released as a result of signing the MOU. “We don’t pay for play, we don’t pay them to show up at a meeting,” the official said.

The deal has been heavily scrutinised as an official copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has not yet been released publicly. But administration officials claimed it contained provisions that would prevent Iran from achieving a nuclear weapon.

“We have an Iran that is substantially weakened,” one adminsitration said praising the deal. “In order to rebuild [their nuclear program], they need a lot of money, and this deal really has two pathways.” The first option, the official said, is that Iran don’t get any money won’t have the resources to rebuild their industrial base or their nuclear weapons program. Option two is they are “invited into the world economy with all the prosperity that comes along with it, but only if they provide us the enforcement verification mechanism to ensure they’re not going to rebuild that nuclear weapon. So it’s a win either way for the United States.”

The deal also included a ceasefire in Lebanon but did not provide for a withdrawal of Israeli troops from areas that they occupied.

“The deal is a ceasefire, and it will not be a one-way ceasefire, meaning that 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 officials said.

The officials credited the US military operation in the region and the “degradation” of Iran’s economy with providing a breakthrough in the negotiations. They also credited Pakistani and Qatari mediation, while saying that they were unhappy with Oman’s earlier efforts to broker a deal.

“We were very unhappy with the job the Omanis did,” an official said. “We felt they were very duplicitous and almost like employees of the Iranians in the way that they maneuvered. So we kind of threw them out of this process.”

A framework peace deal between the US and Iran has been reached, Donald Trump and senior Iranian officials have said, bringing the 15-week conflict to a tentative end and offering hope of relief for the Middle East and the world economy.

Thousands of people have been killed in the conflict, most of them in Iran and Lebanon, since US and Israeli forces first attacked Iran on 28 February.

‘Still a risk’: reactions to US-Iran deal on streets of Beirut, Tehran and Tel Aviv – video

William Christou

Hours after the US-Iran ceasefire was announced, residents of south Lebanon began to race back to their villages. One man filmed as he drove into the entrance of Harees, his arrival interrupted as the car in front of him suddenly veered off the road. An Israeli armoured vehicle was parked in the middle of the road less than 100 metres ahead; he scrambled to turn around.

“It was packed with explosives. I guess they still want to blow things up,” said Abdullah al-Ali, a municipal official in Harees. Ali added that the entrance to the town was blocked off after two other explosive-laden vehicles left by the Israelis were discovered in the area.

The Lebanese army and civil defence told people not to return to their villages, warning that the war, which had so far claimed almost 3,800 lives in Lebanon, was not yet over. Their point was punctuated by the Israeli shelling that met people attempting to return to their homes south of the city of Nabatieh, still occupied by Israeli soldiers.

It was the third ceasefire declared in Lebanon in less than two months; the fourth in two years. This time, war-weary Lebanese did not greet the apparent truce as they had before, with fingers held up in a V for victory sign, but with a question. Would it last?

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Summary

Lebanon updates death toll to 3,798

Netanyahu announces he will run in upcoming elections

Netanyahu says Israeli forces will remain in Lebanon ‘buffer zone’

Israel says it has killed two Hamas commanders in strikes in Gaza

Today so far

Trump says strait of Hormuz will be ‘completely open’ on Friday

Trump, Vance and Iran’s parliament speaker signed the MoU

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