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• US-Iran agreement: President Donald Trump vowed to publicly release the text of the agreement within days. US negotiators are downplaying the significance of the document’s wording, saying it doesn’t reflect Iran’s back-channel commitments, US officials said. An Israeli source said Israel asked the US to see the text of the agreement and was rejected.
• Lebanon tensions: Trump said Israel had been fighting Iran-backed Hezbollah for “too long” and that “too many people are being killed.” Trump said Syria might “do a better job” at dealing with Hezbollah.
• G7 summit: World leaders will resume meetings Wednesday at the G7 summit in France, where discussions about the US agreement with Iran have been “frank,” sources said. Trump spoke with the leaders of three Arab states, as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, at the summit.
US officials work to downplay language contained in the Iran agreement
US negotiators are working to quickly release the text of the agreement between Washington and Tehran, even as they downplay the significance of the specific language in the document, US officials told CNN.
The officials described the text of the agreement as incredibly vague, mainly intended to create a more favorable environment for the highly technical, in-person talks to come. They added that the framework is aimed at providing Iran the ability to sell it politically to their internal audience.
Additionally, the officials said that the text of the memorandum of understanding — which Vice President JD Vance told CNN Monday is one-and-a-half pages long — didn’t reflect critical back-channel commitments Iran has made to the US, which they argued gave them more confidence in signing on to the arrangement.
“People shouldn’t read too much into the language of the MOU,” one of the officials said, describing the agreement as a “political document.”
Read more on what we know – and don’t know – about the agreement here.
Exchanges of fire across Israel and Lebanon border "significantly reduced," UN says
There has been a “significantly reduced level” of violence and exchange of fire across the Israel-Lebanon border compared to the weekend, the UN said, hailing the US-Iran agreement as having a “positive impact on the situation” in Lebanon.
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon (UNIFIL) had recorded 38 recorded violations of Lebanese airspace by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday, down from 83 on Sunday, said UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.
The number of projectiles launched across the border also “dropped markedly” to 174 on Monday, down from 705 on Sunday. The vast majority of those were launched by the IDF, according to UNIFIL.
The number of displaced people staying in shelters has decreased by about 10,000 people over the past four days, Dujarric said citing Lebanese authorities.
“While violence has decreased since Sunday, incidents in southern Lebanon continue to be reported, which has a direct impact on people’s ability to check on their homes or to move around,” Dujarric noted.
The full text of the US-Iran framework to end hostilities has not yet been made public and Lebanon remains a sticking point in negotiations, with Iran demanding Israel withdraw from Lebanon as part of the agreement.
Israel has said it will continue its military occupation of southern Lebanon and refused to end its military campaign against Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group.
Pence says the US-Iran ceasefire agreement “smacks of appeasement”
Former Republican Vice President Mike Pence unloaded Tuesday night on the Trump administration’s ceasefire agreement with Iran, telling CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that based on details reported so far, it “smacks of appeasement.”
Pence criticized what he called “voices on the populist right,” who he warned “would have us pull back from our role as leader in the free world.”
Pressed on the agreement, which has yet to be released by the administration, Pence called it “bigger than a mistake,” and urged Trump to push for more explicit language abandoning its pursuit for a nuclear weapon.
“You know, there’s an old adage that says trust but verify. But if I was sitting next to the president, I would say, ‘Mr. President, this deal should verify and then trust,’” he said. “We should demand that that Iran, under the economic and military pressure we and Israel have placed on them, come to the table and verifiably abandon the course they’ve been on for five decades.”
Canada’s prime minister describes "game changer" US-Iran ceasefire agreement
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told CNN on Tuesday that the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States ending the war is “a game changer,” pledging his nation’s support to implementing the agreement.
The prime minister confirmed he’d seen the agreement — which the Trump administration has kept under wraps but has pledged to release closer to the official signing ceremony Friday in Switzerland. He said he was “absolutely” on board, “as is everyone else” participating in this week’s G7 summit meeting in France.
Carney’s comments represent one of the first assessments of the agreement from someone who is not directly involved in the negotiations. He said it calls for “a cease fire for that 60-day period,” spelling out “a series of conditions and what will happen when they are fulfilled.”
He also acknowledged “a big financial incentive” for Iran to hold up its end of the bargain and take concrete steps in the next two months, including allowing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, assisting in clearing mines and negotiating around the removal of enriched uranium stockpiles.
Trump has denied that the US would pay Iran for its enriched uranium, insisting Monday night on Truth Social, “The story that the U.S. is paying Iran 300 million Dollars is Fake News, put out by the Dumocrats!!!”
But Vice President JD Vance, who has participated in negotiations and is expected to be present in Switzerland later this week for the agreement’s official signing, acknowledged in an interview with CBS that the Iranians “could have access” to a $300 billion reconstruction fund if they comply with the terms of the deal. He said it would be funded by Arab nations of the Persian Gulf.
Tension simmers as the text of the US-Iran agreement has not yet been released
While US President Donald Trump announced an agreement with Iran, the text has not been released yet, leading to tensions domestically and internationally.
Israel’s request to see the text was rejected by the US, an Israeli source told CNN.
In addition, Vance in an interview to CBS on Monday seemed to tacitly confirm the premise that Iran could be given “access” to a reconstruction fund worth as much as $300 billion.
Some more background: Trump’s national security team met nearly every day to discuss an evolving agreement to end the Iran war, with many concerned that Tehran would not hold up its end of the bargain, administration officials directly involved in the negotiations said.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were among the “most pessimistic” about whether the Iranians would honor their commitments to make substantive concessions on their nuclear program, even if they agreed to negotiate on that issue, an official said. Nearly ever senior official, including Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, raised serious reservations, officials said. They ultimately reached Trump-driven consensus: “We want to get this thing over with,” an administration official directly involved in the talks told CNN.
US officials are also downplaying the significance of the specific language in the document. They described the text of the agreement as incredibly vague, mainly intended to create a more favorable environment for the highly technical, in-person talks to come. It is also aimed at providing Iran the ability to sell it politically to their internal audience, they added. The agreement doesn’t reflect critical back-channel commitments Iran has made to the US, which they argued gave them more confidence in signing on to the arrangement.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded today that the Trump administration brief top congressional leaders, known as the Gang of Eight, on the agreement and provide briefings for the rest of Congress as well.
CNN’s Christopher Lamb, Morgan Rimmer, Max Saltman, Morgan Leason, Tal Shalev and Alejandra Jaramillo contributed to this report.
Iran exports first crude oil shipments in two months, shipping tracker company says
Iran successfully exported its first crude oil shipments in two months after Washington and Iran reached an agreement to end the US naval blockade, according to maritime intelligence company TankerTrackers.
Citing tracking data verified with satellite imagery of the vessels, the company said at least two National Iranian Tanker Company supertankers had sailed past the US naval blockade line, carrying 3.8 million barrels of crude oil.
It comes after the US and Iran announced a framework agreement designed to end the US blockade of Iranian ports.
US President Donald Trump said Monday that the Strait of Hormuz had been reopened under the terms of the agreement, but later revised the timeline, saying the strait would reopen after a formal signing ceremony in Geneva on Friday.
G7 leaders commit to supporting Ukraine and strengthening sanctions on Russia
Group of Seven leaders declared “unwavering support for Ukraine,” including agreeing to increase the delivery of air defense assistance to Kyiv and to step up economic pressure on Russia — noteworthy commitments for President Donald Trump to have signed off on.
The leaders’ statement on geopolitical issues, released by the Élysée, says they committed to strengthening Russian sanctions, “including those on the oil and gas sectors.”
“We consider this the right moment to proceed with additional measures, as President Trump has delivered a deal that we support in reopening the Strait of Hormuz,” the statement continues.
On Iran, the leaders said they “support” the agreement reached between Washington and Tehran and “are ready to contribute to its implementation,” while calling for a “a robust and comprehensive diplomatic follow-on agreement.”
The leaders also said they supported Lebanon’s efforts to disarm Hezbollah “through an immediate robust ceasefire.” And in Gaza, they said they’d increase humanitarian and reconstruction efforts.
In the Indo-Pacific, the leaders said they opposed “any unilateral attempts to change the status quo, in particular by force or coercion, in the East and South China Seas and across the Taiwan Strait.”
Removing mines from Strait of Hormuz will be challenging, expert says
The Trump administration wants Iran to clear the mines it is said to have placed in the Strait of Hormuz, but an expert says the task is expected to be challenging for Tehran.
A document of White House talking points on the memorandum of understanding states that “Iran does the de-mining and clears every obstacle” in the critical waterway.
A senior US administration official told reporters Monday that the United States expects operations in the strait to “return to normal pretty quickly, definitely within 30 days, once they’ve committed to get rid of all the mines.”
Scott Savitz, a senior engineer at RAND, told CNN that Iran is “very good at mining, but mining countermeasures is a fundamentally different kind of operation, so it’s unclear how good they are.”
“It’s very technically complex. It’s more likely that [Iran] have some sonar capabilities and some ability to perhaps sweep” but almost certainly not identify the precise locations of mines, he said.
The senior official said Monday that if the Iranians are “not moving quick enough,” the US “could help them with the disposition” of the mines, because “we know where all the mines are at this point.”
“There’s a couple we can get rid of if they’re prioritized; that should open up … a bunch of more lanes,” the official said.
Pope Leo on the US-Iran agreement: "Thanks be to God"
Pope Leo XIV praised the agreement between the US and Iran on Tuesday, saying he hoped it would mean “that the war really is over, and that we can move forward.”
“There will still be several points to settle, but it is always better to do so through dialogue, through negotiations, and not by returning to war,” the pope added. “I hope that it truly is a solution to the war, that the war really is over, and that we can move forward.”
The pope has been one of the most prominent critics of the US-Israeli war with Iran. He has rebuked leaders for using religious language to justify the conflict and said that Christ “does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them.”
Why Canada's Mark Carney says the US-Iran agreement is a "game changer"
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he has seen the agreement between the United States and Iran and said that it is a “game changer.”
The framework is a 60-day ceasefire that sets out what will happen moving forward, he said.
Hear what else Carney had to say about the agreement:
CNN's Kaitlan Collins speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney about the Iran-US agreement.
Senate fails to advance resolution to limit Trump’s Iran war powers
The Senate failed to advance a resolution on Tuesday aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s war powers by requiring congressional approval for any further military action in Iran.
The push to bring the bill to the Senate floor failed 47-48. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman voted against advancing it, while GOP Sens. Rand Paul, Bill Cassidy, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins joined Democrats’ effort.
This was the Senate’s ninth vote on an Iran war powers measure this year. While most of the efforts brought by Democrats have failed, one measure advanced last month 50-47, with Paul, Collins, Murkowski and Cassidy voting with Democrats. However, several Republican senators were absent that day.
Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who has been a staunch supporter of curbing Trump’s war powers in Iran and beyond, told reporters Monday that the preliminary agreement between Iran and the US was all the more reason for Congress to assert its constitutional power.
“I think it’s a good time to have the vote to say, ‘Hey, if we’re really in a period of maybe some stability here, let’s not just allow it to start up again without Congress being involved in that decision,’” he said.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he has not yet been briefed on the details of the agreement with Iran, even as GOP Sen. Roger Marshall noted that Vice President JD Vance held a conference call with “several senators” on Monday. However, many senators in both parties have said that Congress would have to weigh in and even vote on any final deal with Iran, if one materializes.
Schumer demands top congressional leaders get briefed on agreement with Iran
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded Tuesday that the Trump administration brief top congressional leaders, known as the Gang of Eight, on the US agreement with Iran and provide briefings for the rest of Congress as well.
Schumer also called on President Donald Trump to “immediately tell the American people whatever is in his so-called deal. He needs to stop keeping America in the dark.”
The Democratic leader also noted that the Senate will vote this afternoon on a measure aimed at restricting Trump’s war powers in Iran for the ninth time this year.
Iranian military warns of "harsh response" if war in Lebanon continues, Iranian media reports
Iran’s military headquarters warned Israel on Tuesday to end its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to a statement published by the semi-official Fars News Agency.
If Israel does not “put an end to its aggression in southern Lebanon, it should expect a harsh response from the powerful armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” reads the statement, which Fars attributed to Iran’s top joint military command, the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters.
Iran and Pakistan have both insisted that the agreement between Iran and the US requires Israel to cease hostilities, and hours before the agreement was announced, US President Donald Trump publicly called on Israel to stop its attacks in Lebanon.
However, a senior US official has said that the agreement does not require Israel to withdraw from the country, and Israel has refused to end its military campaign against the Iranian-backed Lebanese militant group.
Vance explains why text of Iran agreement hasn't been released yet
Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that the US has not released text of the highly anticipated peace agreement with Iran because officials needed to “sequence this in the right way.”
“There are some delicate diplomatic things going on where the Iranians, and not just the Iranians, but some of our mediators — the Pakistanis and the Qataris — have asked us to sequence this in the right way,” Vance said on the Megyn Kelly show, adding that he doesn’t “fully understand” the reasoning behind the secrecy.
“There are sensitivities that exist in the Arab and Muslim world that we’re trying to be responsive to,” Vance continued.
Conservative foreign policy hawks have been demanding to see the text. They are openly worried that the initial peace agreement will closely resemble the one signed under the Obama administration in 2015, which they derided as too weak.
It remains unclear what US concessions will be made in the agreement. Vance reiterated Tuesday that the text of the memorandum of understanding would be released “at the very latest” on Friday.
Israel asked US to see text of Iran agreement but was rejected, source says
Israel asked the US to see the text of the Iran agreement and was rejected, an Israeli source tells CNN, leaving a key US ally in the dark about a deal that’s already being widely criticized.
The source said part of the reason the request was turned down was because the Trump administration feared Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would leak the agreement before it was officially released.
Israel’s i24 News was first to report the request and subsequent rejection. A US official called the report “not accurate” and said “the United States has remained in close coordination with our regional partners, including Israel, throughout the negotiations.” CNN has reached out to the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office for comment.
On Monday evening, Netanyahu held a news conference in which he hardly addressed the agreement in his eight-minute opening statement. When asked afterward, Netanyahu said he and President Donald Trump “do not always see eye to eye.”
He also said, “We still do not know what the agreement will be.”
Vance suggests US can “get on with our lives” if future Iran talks fail
Vice President JD Vance suggested Tuesday that the US could walk away if future negotiations with Iran collapse, arguing that Washington is in a strong position following the recently announced memorandum of understanding between the two countries.
“Now, if they comply with this deal, I think it’s much better for the United States, and it’s going to be much better for Iran,” Vance said on “The Megyn Kelly Show.”
He added: “But if they don’t comply with the deal, the straits are still open, we’ve still done incredible damage to their nuclear program, and it’s really, you know, we can get on with our lives as a country.”
Vance’s comments came hours after President Donald Trump said the next phase of negotiations with Iran would be “easier” than the talks that led to the current agreement, signaling optimism about the path ahead despite lingering questions over the details.
Vance defends Trump's comment about loving inflation amid Iran war
Vice President JD Vance defended President Donald Trump’s comments on loving inflation in an appearance on The View, while assuring that the president “knows that a lot of Americans are struggling.”
“What he said is that he loves the fact that the inflation is going to come down when this war is over,” Vance said, as the hosts pushed back.
“That’s not what he said,” Joy Behar said. “Are you his interpreter, or are you his vice president?”
“People were asking about the inflation, they were asking about the affordability problem, which again is very real. And what he said is, I love the inflation because it’s going to come down when the war is over,” Vance said.
Trump told reporters last week: “I love the inflation. No, I love it, the numbers were great.” He added later, when he was asked about inflation again: “When the war is over? It’s coming down. It’s going to come down like a rock.”
The president has repeatedly argued that inflation and gas prices will come down quickly once the war with Iran ends. The latest inflation numbers showed that in May, inflation rose to a three-year high of 4.2%.
Vance conceded that the administration has more work to do on the economy, including on gas prices, which he said are “way too high right now,” though he touted new investments and factory construction that he says will pay off “over the long haul.”
Trump attends G7 as world leaders seek clarity on US-Iran framework. Here's the latest
President Donald Trump is meeting world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in France, where talks of a US-Iran agreement are top of mind.
Sources said discussions about the agreement have been “frank.”
Meanwhile, Trump has vowed to publicly release the text of the agreement with Iran “in a couple of days” and even floated reciting the entire document in front of cameras.
Get up to speed on the latest here:
- In a bilateral meeting with the emir of Qatar, Trump claimed the next phase of negotiations with Iran would be “easier” than the initial round that led to the recently announced memorandum of understanding. He also expressed his frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, telling reporters he needed to be “more responsible with respect to Lebanon.”
- Trump committed to sending the eventual text of his agreement with Iran to Congress for review, even though he said that had not crossed his mind originally.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran sees the war in Lebanon as “linked and interdependent” with the conflict between the US and Iran. Therefore, he said, any agreement to end the war must include Lebanon.
- Meanwhile, mediators in US-Iran talks are discussing nonaggression pacts, non-state armed groups and nuclear issues with Iran, according to Qatar.
- Multiple officials have also spoken about a potential $300 billion fund that would be intended for the reconstruction of Iran, but who would pay this vast amount — and when — remains unclear. Trump has denied the fund plan.
- Restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have been eased, with a small number of vessels allowed to pass ahead of the formal signing of the US-Iran agreement, Iran’s deputy foreign minister told state-controlled broadcaster Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
- Separately, Trump said that he would meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later today, encouraging Russia to agree to a deal that would end its war. Earlier, Zelensky said “everyone” at the G7 summit agreed to help his country strengthen its air defenses. Zelensky made securing more air defense capabilities one of the priorities of his trip to France.
CNN’s Kevin Liptak, Aida Karimi, Nadeen Ebrahim, Oliver Sherwood, Mustafa Qadri, Kit Maher, Sarah Tamimi, Niamh Kennedy and Ivana Kottasová contributed to this report.
US intelligence assesses Iran can shut down Strait of Hormuz at will from now on
US intelligence agencies have recently assessed that Iran can effectively shut down access to the Strait of Hormuz at will from now on, meaning the country’s regime has acquired a powerful new ability to hurt the global economy as a result of the war, according to three sources familiar with the findings.
Regardless of the framework agreement that is due to be formally signed on Friday to open the key waterway as a prelude to nuclear talks, Iran proved it can shut off access to the strait during the current conflict, and US intelligence assessments suggest that could happen again.
Iran has similarly learned it can leverage targeted strikes against the energy infrastructure of the Persian Gulf’s Arab countries after doing so to great effect during the war, a second source familiar with the assessments said.
CNN has approached the White House and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for comment.
One of the main reasons Iran believes it can continue to weaponize the strait is it retains a significant portion of its arsenal, including missiles, drones, missile launchers and hundreds of small fast boats that continue to harass shippers attempting to transit the waterway and can be used to lay mines.
Iran has also been rebuilding its military industrial base faster than the US anticipated and has already begun new drone production, CNN has reported.
Read more on this story in our full article here.
