Major indexes had opened higher on hopes for a U.S.-Iran deal, then reversed as tech stocks wiped out earlier gains
The U.S. launched strikes against Iran beginning at 5pm ET Tuesday in response to Iran's downing of a U.S. helicopter.The big picture: The latest exchange could risk military escalation with Iran even as President Trump is seeking a deal to end the war.American forces launched three rounds of strike…
WASHINGTON/DUBAI, June 9 (Reuters) - The United States launched strikes against Iran on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said Tehran had shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, deepening doubts over a potential peace deal and further straining a fragile ceasefire.
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The president has sporadically threatened additional military action since taking out Iran’s leadership in February, but has avoided full-scale attacks.
President Donald Trump ordered the response as he seeks a deal to end the war.
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IRGC says it has targeted an airbase in Jordan hosting US forces, as well as Kuwait and Bahrain, in response to US strikesTrump launches strikes against Iran after downing of US army helicopterIf the US genuinely wants a deal it will have to engage with Iranian demands on sanctions relief, says Dann…
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Main US goal is to prevent a nuclear Iran, VP says; Trump says 'we're in the final throes' of peace talks, insists Netanyahu didn't defy him in responding to renewed Iranian attacks
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Any deal with the ayatollahs is a betrayal of freedom," said one Tehran resident. "They do not attach any value to the people, and are not bound by any value or agreement."
The U.S. president said the agreement will prohibit Iran from having nuclear weapons and result in the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Washington and Tehran would need to defend any potential deal as a win for their side. And each has a leader whose approach to talks is vexing mediators.
Donald Trump said that he's in the 'final throes' of a deal with Iran.
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Lebanese president says any agreement will be a non-aggression pact and not a peace deal, conditioning normalization of Jerusalem-Beirut ties on establishment of Palestinian state
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US VP says Washington, Jerusalem 'have a lot of shared interests, but we also have some situations where are interests diverge' * US crew rescued after helicopter goes down near Hormuz; no injuries
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Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance told Fox News that the US will reach a deal in its own interests with Iran, even if Israel disagrees or opposes it.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the “fire on that front is contained” hours after Tehran said it had stopped its military action
According to the US president, Iran is ready to forego nuclear weapons
The vice president says this is in the best interest of the US
A US Army Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump saying the two crew members abroad were “fine” after the incident involving the strategic waterway, which remains under a chokehold by Iran.
What caused the crash remained unclear Tuesday morning in the…
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Trump's warning comes as Israel and Iran pause attacks and indirect talks to reach a peace deal continue.
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Residents of Tehran awoke on Monday anxious and drained by the prospect of full-scale war resuming, following tit-for-tat strikes between arch-foes Iran and Israel that marked the greatest threat to the fragile ceasefire thus far.
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TEL AVIV/DUBAI/NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey, June 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that new strikes by Israel and Iran would not affect his administration’s peace talks with Tehran, saying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “doesn’t call the shots.”
US president says he won't let up on Islamic Republic for even a 1% chance they'd obtain a nuclear weapon, as Washington seeks IAEA resolution demanding information on uranium
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Telling Israel it had better not respond to an Iranian missile attack, the US president -- desperate for a deal with the devilish Tehran regime -- presents Netanyahu with a terrible dilemma
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Trump earlier asked Netanyahu to avoid striking Iran in retaliation for the recent Iranian missile attack on Israel, according to N12 news.
Trump has also asked Iran to return to the negotiating table
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The US president says Washington and Tehran are close to a deal
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The attack would be the first since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.
The exchange, after Tehran’s first such strike on Israel in two months, threatened to further complicate efforts to broker a peace deal aimed at ending the war.
Trump's NBC interview came days after he announced a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, which Hezbollah refused to recognize, thus prompting IDF strikes on Beirut.
He also said that he was not demanding that Lebanon be a part of a short-term deal with Tehran
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Pakistan’s interior minister was in Tehran on Sunday in a fresh bid to restart negotiations between Iran and the US, as the American military said it shot down two more Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz that threatened international maritime traffic.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio sounded unequivocal this week in telling Congress that the U.S. will not grant Iran any sanctions relief or access to frozen assets solely for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Parse Rubio’s words, though, and you’ll find a potential escape hatch. Maybe the U.S. won’t ea…
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Israeli defense officials believe Tehran is using Washington’s reluctance to resume military action to improve its negotiating position.
Speaking at The Jerusalem Post Conference in New York, the former UN ambassador said any deal that leaves Iran’s regime in place would be dangerous for Israel’s future.
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The continued, deliberate, and repeated Israeli aggression against Lebanon, its people and its army only strengthens our resolve, faith and determination, the Lebanese army said in a statement
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The exchange of strikes comes as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Iran to make a deal to end the conflict.
The Israeli military confirmed hitting a vehicle and said the incident is being reviewed. Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun called the strike "a flagrant violation to Lebanese sovereignty and international law."
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Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that the U.S. and Iran were "very close" to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would extend the ceasefire by 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and launch talks on limiting Tehran's nuclear program.Why it matters: The signing of the MOU would be the mos…
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The United States and Iran reached an agreement on Thursday to extend their ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sources told Reuters, though US President Donald Trump has yet to approve it and Iranian state media said it had not been finalized.
US vice president says Iranians negotiating 'in good faith' so far, claims 'it’s very clear' they want a deal * US official denies Iranian claim that American aircraft downed near Bushehr
The post Vance says US ‘not there yet’ with Iran, but close, as Tehran fires warning shots in Hormuz appeared fi…
The U.S. sources confirmed reporting by Axios that the two sides had agreed on a memorandum of understanding to prolong the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme
The United States and Iran have reached a tentative agreement to extend a ceasefire for 60 days, although U.S. President Donald Trump has yet to approve the deal
The US leader added that if a potential "deal wasn't going to be good" for the US, the military could resume hostilities against Iran
According to the US Vice President JD Vance, "it’s very clear" that the Iranians "want a deal"
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Tehran’s leadership has also not publicly signed off on the agreement yet.
Do new strikes affect a potential deal to end the war with Iran? NPR's Scott Detrow breaks it down with NPR International Correspondent Aya Batrawy and NPR Pentagon Correspondent Tom Bowman.
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U.S. and Iranian negotiators have reached an agreement on a 60-day memorandum of understanding to extend the ceasefire and launch negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, but President Trump has yet to give his final approval, two U.S. officials and a regional source involved in the mediation efforts…
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A deal that provides sanctions relief to Tehran ensures the regime will remain in power.
According to the IDF, all indications are that Trump's Iran deal will largely or completely ignore the ballistic missile issue.
According to the officials who spoke to Axios, the drafted MoU includes an Iranian commitment to not pursue the development of a nuclear weapon.
The U.S. President said Oman must "behave" or he would "blow them up," when he was asked if he would accept a short-term deal to allow Iran and the Gulf state to control the Strait of Hormuz
The tentative agreement worked out by the two sides comes at a moment when the fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran appeared to be wavering
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A tentative agreement has been reached in the ongoing negotiations with Iran, US sources confirmed, though they stressed that the deal has not yet been finalised and remains subject to formal approval by US President Donald Trump.
Earlier, Axios reported that Trump has asked for a couple of days to …