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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends a session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on September 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday (September 1, 2026) that Tehran would “immediately” reciprocate if the United States returned to a June deal aimed at ending their war. “I…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with his counterparts after a meeting with foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states in Manama, Bahrain on June 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Gulf Arab allies on Thursday (June 25, 2026) that any deal with Iran would…
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The biggest casualty of the U.S.-Iran deal may not be Israel’s Iran strategy, but the political brand Benjamin Netanyahu spent decades building as the Israeli leader who could uniquely bend Washington to his will on Iran, analysts, former U.S. officials and diplomats say. Mr. Netanyahu shaped his political identity on an audacious assertion: that he…
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance say their interim deal to end the war with Iran will deliver a financial windfall to American farmers. But the Iranians deny it. And, in the absence of more details, sanctions experts are flummoxed over exactly how billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian assets would make their…
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A diplomat with knowledge of the talks, however, told AFP that the Iranians had not quit the negotiations. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran’s delegation on Sunday (June 21, 2026) walked out of the Swiss venue where it held talks with the United States towards permanently ending the West Asia war, after Donald Trump threatened…
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U.S. Vice President JD Vance listens to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as they attend a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Lake Lucerne Summit, aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict, at Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026….
A U.S. official said the deal was signed to end the West Asia war. | Photo Credit: AFP The U.S. and Iran confirmed that the deal was signed to end the West Asia war. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a deal with Iran to end the war, a U.S. official told AFP on Wednesday…
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Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Stock market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty surged in early trade on Monday (June 15, 2026), mirroring a rally in global equities and a sharp decline in crude oil prices, after the U.S. and Iran finalised a deal to end their 107-day war. The 30-share…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday (June 14, 2026) urged no further attacks by anyone after Israel’s military said it launched strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut, potentially complicating efforts to finalise a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war. Smoke rose over the Lebanese capital, and the Civil Defence said it retrieved three bodies and…
“So far, Iran has not reached a final conclusion on the agreement,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said, after Mr. Trump said he expected a deal to be signed in Europe in the coming days. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Iran on Friday (June 12, 2026) said it had not reached a final decision…
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