ADVISORY Watch: The World This Week — ‘Terms of U.S. surrender,’ at 8 p.m. EDT. Joe Lauria of Consortium News will talk with former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and CN contributor Patrick Lawrence. From intro: “After losing the war, a major U.S.-Israel row is coming to a head with the fate of Mideast peace and the global economy on the line.“ Click HERE around 8 tonight to livestream discussion; and, later, video.
For now, links to EIGHT reports and analyses: from the Associated Press, the Cradle, Al Mayadeen, National Public Radio, Common Dreams via Consortium News, Middle East Eye, and Indian Punchline; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll down for today’s LEBANON so far, and for IRAN 6-19-26.) — MCM
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NEWER. U.S.-Iran talks to begin Sunday in Switzerland as Tehran closes the strait over Lebanon fighting, by Kareem Chehayeb, Bassem Mroue and Munir Ahmed | AP TYRE, Lebanon — Iran dealt two quick blows to the interim agreement with the United States today, angered by Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon, saying it had closed the Strait of Hormuz and announcing that while its negotiators were going to Switzerland for talks, not much is likely to happen there. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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Iran closes Strait of Hormuz in response to ‘Zionist crimes’ in Lebanon. From the Cradle. Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters today announced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping traffic in response to ongoing Israeli violations of the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding inside Lebanon. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Al Mayadeen.
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How Israel’s refusal to withdraw from Lebanon affects the U.S.–Iran ceasefire deal. Reported by Jane Arraf and Scott Simon | NPR The ceasefire agreement between the U.S, and Iran extends to Lebanon, but the fighting there has yet to stop and Israel says it is not withdrawing. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Deadly fighting persists in Lebanon as the U.S.-Iran deal is under threat, by Kareem Chehayeb and Bassem Mroue | AP TYRE, Lebanon — Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed at least 16 people, including two children, hours after reports emerged of a ceasefire agreement. The persistent fighting threatened an interim agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East. READ MORE. Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.
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FROM JUNE 19 Palestinians may pay for Netanyahu’s defeat in Iran, by Ramzy Baroud | Common Dreams / Consortium News Unable to deliver “victory,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned perpetual war into a political strategy in its own right. The result has been . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 19 Six things we learned from the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, by Daniel Tester | Middle East Eye Here is what we have learned from the MoU. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 18 China wades into the geopolitics of Iran, by M.K. Bhadrakumar | Indian Punchline The authenticity of the public articulation by Iran’s Majlis speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf of the stunning proposal of an alliance — ‘regional bloc’ — built around an Iran-China axis in the Middle East is not in doubt. Qalibaf has emerged . . . READ MORE . . .
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