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Iran's Supreme National Security Council ordered the Persian Gulf Strait Authority to process transit permits quickly to meet the memorandum's goals and said no fees would be charged for 60 days; Tehran said fees to cover the cost of managing the waterway would come into effect at the end of the negotiation period.
CENTCOM said U.S. forces had lifted the blockade on all maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports and coastal areas 'in accordance with the President's direction', while U.S. warships stay in the region to ensure the agreement is adhered to. Vance said the 60-day negotiating period began that day and that 12.5 million barrels of oil had passed through Hormuz since the signing.
Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel would not withdraw from territory it had seized in Lebanon and would retaliate if Iran attacked it over events there, and Israel said it would also stay in areas of Gaza and Syria. Netanyahu said Israel would 'remain in the security zones no matter what it takes'.
Trump posted that the agreement with Iran 'is now complete', authorising 'the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz' and the immediate removal of the U.S. naval blockade, and Iran's Supreme National Security Council said the war would end 'immediately and permanently' on all fronts including Lebanon, with a formal signing set for June 19. U.S. officials later said Vance and Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf had signed the memorandum digitally that day, and Trump told reporters at the G7 in France on June 15 that the deal was 'all signed'.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the framework was agreed and an online signing was expected within 24 hours, followed by technical talks, and Trump posted that 'the Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow' with Hormuz then 'OPEN TO ALL'. Iran's foreign ministry said the memorandum would not be signed on Sunday but could be in the coming days.
CENTCOM said Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones at commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and that U.S. forces 'downed all of them in recent hours', adding that traffic continued unimpeded and 'the international trade corridor remains open for transit'.
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UKMTO said a tanker was struck in the port bow by an unknown projectile about 6 nautical miles east of Oman at 22:30 UTC; the crew was safe, there was no environmental impact and the tanker continued to its next port.
The Israeli military said a suspected Hezbollah drone struck a military zone in northern Israel near the Lebanese border without causing injuries, after two drones exploded near troops in southern Lebanon earlier in the evening and others were intercepted near Metula overnight; sirens sounded repeatedly in the Western Galilee.
On Iranian state TV, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the agreement would announce an end to war on all fronts, which for Lebanon meant Israeli withdrawal from occupied areas; that Hormuz would reopen but its management would not return to the pre-war system because sovereignty belongs to Iran and Oman; and that nuclear talks would come only after the interim deal is implemented. He said the memorandum was not yet signed, could be signed digitally, and that Iran preferred to dilute its highly enriched uranium rather than hand it over.
India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said he told Secretary of State Marco Rubio that 'such lethal actions against commercial shipping are not justified' and reiterated India's strong protest over the three Indian mariners killed. The State Department's readout said Rubio told him all commercial vessels 'should immediately comply with orders from US forces' and that violations of the blockade would not be tolerated.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said a final, agreed text of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran had been reached and that Islamabad was working with both sides on next steps. Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the 'Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding' had 'never been closer' but urged media not to speculate on its contents, and Trump reposted his message.
Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel must retain the ability to act independently to stop Iran's nuclear programme, that he and Netanyahu had told the army to prepare accordingly, and that Israel would not withdraw from its security zones in Lebanon, Syria or Gaza.
A senior U.S. official said the deal was 'performance-based', with Iran getting none of its frozen assets until it acted, and later that the U.S. was 'very close', with terms covering reopening Hormuz, lifting the blockade, dismantling Iran's nuclear programme and removing its highly enriched uranium; another official put the odds of signing at 80-85%. Vice President JD Vance posted that Iran would get no cash 'for simply signing a deal or attending a meeting'.
Trump posted that the terms Iran 'leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing', called Iranian officials 'very dishonorable people', and said their 'totally rebuffed Drone attack last night against Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE'.
Israel's Arabic-language military spokesperson ordered residents of Sarafand, Tefahta and Mazraat Sinay in the Saida district to leave ahead of strikes and move north of the Zahrani River.
The Israeli military said it struck 310 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in the past week and killed '80 terrorists', and disclosed a raid weeks earlier on Dibbine, about 12 km from the border and north of its 'yellow line', where it said troops found significant weapons depots.
After a call with Trump, Netanyahu's office said Israel is not a party to the memorandum but welcomed Trump's commitment that a final agreement would include removal of enriched material, dismantling of enrichment infrastructure, limits on missile production and an end to Iran's support for proxies. A senior U.S. official said Washington was stressing to Israel that Iran must deliver concessions before receiving any benefits.
Fars, citing a source close to Iran's negotiating team, said Iran had not agreed to any document with the U.S., and foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said a large part of the text was finalised but no final decision had been made and Iran would not compromise on its red lines. A senior Israeli official told Channel 12 that Jerusalem had not been told of a finalised deal.
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Trump said he had cancelled that evening's strikes because the talks had been 'brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved', that final points were approved by all parties including Israel and Gulf states, and that the naval blockade would stay until signing. In the Oval Office he called it a 'great settlement', said it could be signed 'maybe over the weekend in Europe' with Vance attending, that Hormuz would open 'as soon as we sign', and that a Kharg Island operation was off the table if the deal was signed.
Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, one of Iran's lead negotiators, posted that 'wrong strategies and impulsive decisions will reset the entire board for the worse, explode energy infrastructure and markets and create an endless quagmire that you will be stuck in for years. You will see a different Iran.'
The World Bank cut its global growth forecast for 2026 to 2.5% from 2.9% growth in 2025, saying the Middle East conflict had triggered sharp energy price increases, renewed inflation and expectations of tighter monetary policy. It warned that developing economies face their weakest per-capita income growth since the pandemic.
The IDF said 7th Armored Brigade and Egoz commando forces had achieved 'operational control' of the Wadi Saluki stream area, about 10 km from the border, which it called a Hezbollah hub for explosive drones and rocket fire, and that troops and aircraft had struck hundreds of sites and killed more than 50 operatives. It also released footage of an air strike on Hezbollah members fleeing a tunnel near Beaufort Castle days earlier.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said all parties must work toward a diplomatic settlement that fully respects Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity, called for a comprehensive ceasefire and said he fully supports a monopoly on weapons by the Lebanese government. Earlier he warned that the U.S.-Iran truce had become a 'lesser fire' that risked becoming 'full fire'.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted that any damage Iran inflicts on U.S. allies in the Gulf 'will be paid for with funds extracted from Iranian Accounts', and that any tolls paid to Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority will be offset the same way.
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In a Truth Social post, Trump said the U.S. would be hitting Iran 'VERY HARD TONIGHT' and that 'at some point in the not too distant future' it would take Kharg Island and other oil infrastructure and 'assume total control' of Iran's oil and gas markets, as he said it had with Venezuela. Brent rose about $2 to $94.16 within minutes, according to BBC data cited by The Guardian.
CENTCOM said a U.S. aircraft fired two Hellfire missiles into the engine room of the Guinea-Bissau-flagged tanker Jalveer after it tried to carry Iranian oil through the Gulf of Oman and its crew repeatedly ignored directions. India said all 20 Indian crew were safe after the ship sent a distress call off Oman's port of Shinas when fire broke out.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, speaking in Sofia, said the reciprocal attacks raised fears of escalation and recommended that 'the parties halt their mutual attacks and resume negotiations'. Pakistan's foreign ministry, the main mediator, appealed to both sides to adhere to the ceasefire understanding and said it would continue mediating.
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Iran's Persian Gulf Strait Authority, set up on May 5 to oversee transit, said the strait was 'closed until further notice' because of U.S. aggression and told ships holding passes to await guidance. Iran's joint military command had announced a full closure the previous night, which CENTCOM rejected, saying commercial ships continued to transit.
Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry said continued attacks on the sovereignty of the three countries 'exacerbates tension' and urged a return to the Pakistan-sponsored negotiations and Qatar's efforts. The UAE and Qatar called the attacks a flagrant violation of sovereignty, Kuwait said it would not tolerate them, and the GCC secretary-general called them 'treacherous'.
Iran's foreign ministry called the latest U.S. strikes a flagrant violation of the UN Charter that had 'rendered the ceasefire [of 8 April] practically meaningless'. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas the attacks had made the truce 'ineffective' and that the U.S. was responsible for the consequences.