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  • A woman sits in the rubble of her destroyed home in the southern Lebanese village of Toul on June 18, 2026. The Israeli military said on June 18 it will continue operating in southern Lebanon and "remove threats" beyond its so-called security zone, after the US and Iran signed an agreement to end the Middle East war, including in Lebanon. (Photo by MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images) /
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  • An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) armed military personnel monitors an area while standing guard during a nightly pro-government rally marking the Muslim holy month of Muharram in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 15, 2026. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian shows the document of U.S. Memorandum of Understanding in Tehran, Iran, June 18.
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    Live Updates June 18, 2026 - US and Iran sign initial agreement
  • People ride motorcycles past a large billboard showing portraits of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) in central Tehran on June 8, 2026. Iran said on June 8 that the resumption of hostilities in the Middle East war will have consequences for ongoing talks with the United States to reach peace in the region. "It is perfectly natural that the diplomatic process initiated to put an end to this imposed war would be affected," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said at a press conference in Tehran. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) /
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  • Cars and monocycles are seen traveling in front of a billboard displaying the Iranian flag on in Tehran, Iran, on Monday.
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  • A satellite image shows an oil terminal at Kharg Island, Iran, on February 25.
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  • The caved-in roof of the drinking water reservoir is seen after it was heavily damaged in a strike on June 10, 2026.
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  • Israeli police officers are deployed at the scene of the shooting in central Israel on June 7, 2026
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    One killed, several wounded in suspected terror attack in central Israel
  • Fahd Abu Haikal, 41 displays a mobile photo of his seven month old Palestinian baby boy Sam, who was killed on Friday by Israeli soldiers who fired at the vehicle carrying him and his parents, in Tel Rumeida, at a hospital in the West Bank city of Hebron Saturday, June 6, 2026.
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  • <p>A top Iranian official has cast doubts on a deal being imminently reached between the US and Iran, telling CNN major roadblocks persist on issues like Iran’s nuclear programme and uranium enrichment. Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee told CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen that a “lack of trust” remains between the two sides and Tehran is yet to see a “serious will” from Washington to finalise the framework for a deal. </p>
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  • In the interview with CNN, Rezaei shed light on the Iran leadership's thinking about the country’s postwar vision, the fate of the Strait of Hormuz and how Iran may act if it is attacked again.
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    Exclusive: Iran supreme leader’s adviser says talks deadlocked over $24 billion and warns of wider war
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the annual ceremony on the eve of Israel's Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers (Yom HaZikaron) at the Yad LaBanim Memorial in Jerusalem on April 20, 2026.
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    Emerging Iran deal risks shattering Netanyahu’s legacy
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  • Ships remain anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on May 16.
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    What’s in the proposed deal that could end the US-Iran conflict?
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, on March 19.
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    Netanyahu says he directed Israeli military to take over 70% of Gaza
  • Two women use a smartphone in northern Tehran, Iran, on Septembet 28, 2025.
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    Iranians emerge online with skepticism and defiance after months of blackout
  • US President Donald Trump delivers a speech at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in New York on Friday.
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    Trump says agreement with Iran has ‘been largely negotiated’ and Strait of Hormuz will be opened
  • Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich sits before a press conference near the settlement of Maale Adumim, in a land corridor known as E1, outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, on August 14, 2025. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)
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  • Armed pro-government supporters carry AK-45 rifles as a young boy holds a plastic gun during a military parade of Iran's self-sacrificing daughters in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 17, 2026.
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    Guns on the television and in Iran’s streets as Trump renews war threats
  • The watchkeepers monitor shipping in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea and northern Indian Ocean.
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    This tiny center in a UK seaside town is the first place vessels under attack in the Persian Gulf call
  • Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, on May 1.
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    Iran eyes a new source of power deep beneath the Strait of Hormuz
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