Trump confirms Iran deal signed, but Lebanon dispute and Israeli unease cloud breakthrough

World iranTop NewsUnited Statesuswar Trump confirms Iran deal signed, but Lebanon dispute and Israeli unease cloud breakthrough Trump Confirms Iran Deal Signed, But Lebanon Dispute And Israeli Unease Cloud Breakthrough Relevant News Trump confirms Iran deal signed, but Lebanon dispute and Israeli unease cloud breakthrough 16 June 2026 Explained: EU’s new €3 tariff on Shein, Temu orders 16 June 2026 Nearly all the world’s children exposed to climate hazards, UNICEF warns 16 June 2026 Newsroom 16 June 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber President Donald Trump said on Monday that a preliminary agreement to end the war in the Gulf had been signed by the United States and Iran, though details have yet to be made public and both sides said a permanent truce has still to be negotiated. “The deal’s all signed,” Trump said after arriving in France for a G7 summit, adding that Vice President JD Vance would attend a formal signing ceremony in Geneva on Friday. The agreement would extend the tenuous ceasefire announced in April by another 60 days and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blocked since the US and Israel struck Iran in February. Negotiators would address harder issues, including the future of Iran’s nuclear programme, in the next phase. Oil prices fell to their lowest level since 10 March, shortly after the strait’s blockade cut off a fifth of world oil trade. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on social media that the memorandum of understanding was an “important step” toward stopping the fighting but said a final agreement for a lasting truce “has yet to take shape.” Vance told CNN the signed memorandum was only about one and a half pages and “a very general document,” with further details to be released over the following two days, US officials said. Vance said it included “a very significant sanctions relief package” for Iran. US and Iranian officials say the deal could eventually deliver substantial economic benefits to Tehran, including lifted sanctions, unfrozen assets and a $300 billion reconstruction fund financed by neighbouring Gulf states that host US military bases. US officials, speaking anonymously, said Iran would need to satisfy demands never to build a nuclear weapon and to end support for militias such as Hezbollah to access those benefits. LITTLE ACHIEVED ON ORIGINAL WAR AIMS The deal is the most significant step yet toward resolving a conflict that has killed at least 7,000 people, mostly in Iran and Lebanon, and upended global energy markets. But Trump appears to have achieved little of what he said he intended when launching strikes on Iran alongside Israel on 28 February. Iran’s theocratic government remains in place, and Trump’s demands that Tehran dismantle its ballistic missile programme and end support for regional militias remain unmet. The agreement also leaves unresolved the fate of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, which Trump has said he wants destroyed or removed. Iranian officials, who deny ever intending to build a nuclear weapon, say they have given up little by agreeing to resume nuclear talks that were interrupted by Trump’s decision to launch the war. While the deal lifts Iran’s chokehold on the strait, that merely restores the prewar status quo, and shippers say traffic will only resume once safety is assured. Iran has suggested it will retain joint control over the strait with Oman; the US says it expects the waterway to remain toll-free for 60 days and wants that provision carried into any final agreement. NETANYAHU SAYS HE “STOOD FIRM” Fighting between Israel and the Iran-allied Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, which has displaced 1.2 million people, remains a sticking point. Iran has said the deal requires a full cessation of hostilities there, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would keep its forces in southern Lebanon and retain the right to respond to Hezbollah attacks. “Iran wanted us to withdraw from it, but I stood firm,” Netanyahu said at a news conference, acknowledging differences with Trump over the conflict. Israel has not directly participated in the US-Iran talks. A US official said Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon was not a condition of the deal — a point of contention that also marred the April ceasefire. Security sources said fighting in Lebanon had eased after the announcement but had not stopped entirely. Lebanese state media reported an Israeli drone strike killed a driver in the southern town of Kfar Tebnit; Netanyahu said Israeli forces had killed four “militants.” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Israeli attacks must stop immediately. Privately, Israeli officials’ assessment of the deal has been sharply negative. A senior official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity, that the agreement was “terrible for Israel” — a view the official said was shared throughout the government, from Netanyahu down. 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