Tag: US Iran deal

Stock markets climb in early trade tracking global rally, decline in oil prices

June 16, 2026 admin

Image for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rallied in early trade on Tuesday (June 16, 2026), driven by a positive trend in global markets and cooling crude oil prices following a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran. Fresh foreign fund inflows also added to the positive…

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Defence Minister says Israel won’t withdraw from land seized in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza

June 15, 2026 admin

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s Defence Minister said on Monday (June 15, 2026) that Israel won’t withdraw from land seized in Lebanon as the interim deal between Iran and the United States is pending. Israel Katz’s remarks were the first official Israeli comments after the announcement of the interim…

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Investors upbeat as U.S.-Iran set to sign deal on June 19

June 15, 2026 admin

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s domestic investors rejoiced after Brent crude prices dropped as clarity emerged regarding the US-Iran deal, on 14 June 2026. Nifty and Sensex opened at over 1% from the previous close, at 23,984.85 and 76,725.27 points and sky rocketed to a high 24,011.40 and…

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Will not allow illegal oil shipments from Iran, U.S. tells India

June 13, 2026 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday (June 12, 2026) that violations of the American blockade and the “illicit transport of Iranian oil” would not be tolerated, amid mounting tensions over U.S. military strikes on ships carrying…

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Violations of U.S. blockade in Strait of Hormuz will not be tolerated: Rubio tells Jaishankar

June 13, 2026 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that any violation of the American blockade and illicit transport of Iranian oil through the Strait of Hormuz will not be tolerated. The statement came following his discussion on “recent events” in the critical strait with…

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A deal with U.S. ‘has never been closer’, says Iran

June 12, 2026 admin

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. File | Photo Credit: PTI A day after U.S. President Donald Trump backed away from a threatened attack on Iran, claiming progress in talks, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday (June 12, 2026) that Washington and Tehran have “never been closer” to reaching a preliminary agreement. “The Islamabad…

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Rubio says Mojtaba Khamenei alive and ‘increasingly engaging’

June 2, 2026 admin

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on President Donald Trump’s FY2027 budget request for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 2, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) that Iran’s supreme…

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Israel-Iran war LIVE: Lebanon PM denounces Israeli campaign as fresh strikes hit South

May 31, 2026 admin

Lebanon’s Prime Minister accused Israel on Saturday (May 30, 2026) of pursuing a “scorched-earth policy” in his country’s south, urging a halt to the fighting as Israel carried out fresh airstrikes and issued evacuation warnings for more than a dozen locations. A day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces had advanced deeper…

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Trump to hold high-level White House talks to make ‘final determination’ on deal with Iran

May 29, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday (May 29, 2026) he’s holding a White House Situation Room meeting with his advisors as he looks to make a “final determination” on moving forward with a deal to extend the Iran ceasefire. Mr. Trump confirmed the high-level White House talks the day after The Associated Press and…

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Trump U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Deal: What we know about 60-day truce

May 29, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States and Iran have come to an agreement on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend the ceasefire for an additional 60 days to facilitate formal negotiations. However, U.S. President Donald Trump has not yet provided his approval….

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