Middle East crisis live: Iran threatens ‘harsh response’ if Israel fails to cease attacks in Lebanon
AI Summary
The United States and Iran reached an interim agreement intended to prevent Iranian nuclear weapons development. The accord immediately triggered disagreement over regional implementation, particularly regarding Israel's military footprint in Lebanon—Iran demanded Israeli withdrawal as a condition while Netanyahu rejected this requirement. Trump reiterated the deal's nuclear safeguards while appearing critical of Israel's military strategy, and Lebanese civilians began returning to their homes despite Israel's rejection of ending its occupation.
Progressive: Progressive-leaning outlets emphasize the humanitarian relief of Lebanese civilians returning to homes following the ceasefire, while underscoring that Israel maintains its military occupation of Lebanese territory despite the accord.
Moderate: Moderate outlets present conflicting Israeli assessments—some dismissing Iranian claims as unrealistic fantasies, others warning the agreement may ultimately enable Iranian nuclear capability—and question whether the accord can endure given disputes over Israeli military withdrawal from Lebanon.
Conservative: Conservative-leaning outlets highlight Trump's stated security assurance that the accord prevents Iranian nuclear weapons development and report Iran's demands for Israeli military withdrawal, without expressing equivalent skepticism regarding the deal's long-term viability.
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Iran’s military has threatened to respond to Israel after strikes in southern Lebanon killed four people, despite an agreement being reached between Tehran and Washington to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon.
A US-Iran deal aimed at ending the Middle East war will be signed at Switzerland’s mountainside Burgenstock resort on Friday, the Swiss foreign ministry confirmed to AFP. The site, located near Lucerne in central Switzerland, is difficult to access and therefore easily secured. It “was proposed by the Pakistani and Qatari mediators, as well as by the US and Iran”, Switzerland’s foreign ministry said.
Two months of final negotiations will begin immediately after the initial deal between the US and Iran is signed. Negotiations will continue for a 60-day window after the ceremony, officials told AFP, leading to a plan for the lifting of economic sanctions and decisions on the fate of Iran’s nuclear programme.
Trump said that he would send the deal with Iran to the US Congress for a review. “I like the idea, send it to Congress please,” he said at the start of a meeting with the UAE president Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the sidelines of the G7 summit. “I mean who wouldn’t approve it.”
Speaking at the G7, Trump has said the strait of Hormuz will be open by Friday and that the full text of the peace deal will be released in a “formal setting”. Trump also said he expects the “second stage” of the deal “to go quickly”.
The US will allow Iran to immediately start selling oil and fuel again as part of the deal to end the war, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Iran can only sell oil if they keep to the terms of the deal, as US official told Reuters. It includes the free flow of navigation in the strait of Hormuz and not obtaining an nuclear weapon.
An Iranian deputy foreign minister said the two-month US naval blockade on Iranian ports had been lifted ahead of the planned formal signing of a deal ending the war. “The lifting of the blockade was something we had emphasised from the outset. It has now begun, and the blockade has been lifted prior to the formal signing” scheduled for Friday, said Iranian deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi, according to the government’s website.
Qatar, a key mediator between the US and Iran, said it believed the framework peace agreement could deliver security to the Middle East. “We are cautiously optimistic that the signing of the memorandum of understanding will lead to the next phase of regional security through the talks that will take place on the nuclear programme and on other issues,” foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari told reporters in Doha, as he praised Pakistan’s mediation efforts.
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