Iran, 6-17-26

For now, links to THREE reports: from the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Cradle, and to commentaries from the Cradle and Middle East Eye; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, WEST  BANK, LEBANON and UKRAINE so far, and down for IRAN 6-16-26.) — MCM

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Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and can sell oil freely under deal with the U.S., by Jon Gambrell, Zeke Miller, Michelle L. Price and Samy Magdy | AP  DUBAI — Iran will immediately take steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz once a tentative deal with the U.S. to end the war is signed and will be allowed to sell its oil without restrictions, according to leaked copies of an interim agreement that officials say broadly matches the document. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same report in Spanish.
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Iran deal includes $384.6 billion fund, more than half of which already committed, source says. From Reuters. DUBAI – A US$300 billion (S$384.6 billion) private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the US-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, according to a source with direct knowledge of the deal. READ MORE . . .

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Iranian army warns Israel of ‘severe response’ over dozens of violations in Lebanon. From the Cradle. The Iranian army has warned that it will strike Israel in response to continued attacks and violations in south Lebanon, as Hebrew media indicates Tel Aviv is preparing for a collapse of the understanding between Tehran and Washington. READ MORE . . .

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Lebanon is now part of Iran’s deterrence doctrine, by Peiman Salehi | The Cradle  “We are consolidating an Iranian equation in the region, one in which Iran will no longer exercise restraint in the face of any aggression or disorder,” Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for Iran’s parliamentary National Security Commission, said in a statement. “It will cost the Americans some pain and expense, but they will get used to it.” READ MORE . . . 

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Trump’s U-turn on Iran war has ended Israel’s Middle East dream, by David Hearst | Middle East Eye  Of all the military failures the U.S. has suffered in the past 25 years in the Middle East, the Iran war is probably the most consequential. READ MORE . . .

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