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WASHINGTON, June 15 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf have already signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at ending the Middle East war, with the signing ceremony scheduled for Friday, senior U.S. officials said Monday.
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TEHRAN, Iran — US President Donald Trump said on Monday the Strait of Hormuz would be fully open later in the week, after Washington and Tehran announced a deal to end the Middle East war.
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Terms remain secret nearly a day after the announcement, with a formal ceremony still planned in Switzerland
Terms remain secret nearly a day after the announcement, with a formal ceremony still planned in Switzerland
The US and Iran have reached a tentative deal to end the conflict in the Middle East, but competing claims from Donald Trump and Tehran have left the details shrouded in uncertainty. Questions remain over the reopening of the strait of Hormuz, Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, and the future of Iran’s nuclear progra…
Trump says the agreement with Iran is "all signed" and that the Strait of Hormuz will be "completely opened" on Friday.
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Iran has already begun shaping the narrative surrounding the deal with the US as a victory, Dr. Raz Zimmt, head of the Shi'ite Axis Program at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), said in a Monday interview with 103FM.
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With Marine Two in the background, Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool)
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United States President Donald Trump says “ships are starting to move” through the Strait of Hormuz.
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After 107 days and a seemingly endless number of false dawns, we finally have a deal between the US and Iran to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz. It was announced on Sunday afternoon - Trump's birthday, shortly before futures opened for trading and ahead of today's Iran game in the World Cup - and the MoU w…
Has US President Donald Trump followed the path of previous Democratic and Republican presidents who believed the Islamic Republic could be trusted to honor a negotiated agreement? Or will he come to recognize that Iran is not merely a difficult adversary but a revolutionary regime whose objectives fundamentally dif…
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WASHINGTON, June 15 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday ships waiting to transit the crucial Strait of Hormuz are starting to move out of the chokepoint, after he announced the previous day that the United States and Iran have reached a peace deal aimed at ending their monthslong war.
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that many ships loaded with oil are starting to move out of the Strait of Hormuz.