Iran war updates: Pakistan’s PM says ‘final text’ of US-Iran deal agreed

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• Iran’s FM Araghchi said the US-Iran MoU has “never been closer” while cautioning media against content speculation; he told Iranian media that the deal will include an end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon.
• Pakistani PM Sharif announced that a “final, agreed-upon text of the peace deal has been reached” between the US and Iran, adding that the “next steps” are currently being finalised.
• US Central Command said US forces “continue to strictly enforce” the Trump administration’s blockade on Iranian ports.
• The Israeli defence minister said the country will not withdraw from its security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, stressing that Israel must retain the “ability to act independently to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons”.
• UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said two Malaysian UNIFIL peacekeepers sustained minor injuries following an attack on a logistics convoy in southern Lebanon.

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said that UN peacekeepers continue to observe “extensive” Israeli military activity in parts of southern Lebanon.

This includes “high-density armoured movements, large-scale engineering and demolition works and sustained logistical traffic”, Dujarric told reporters.

The UN peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, also reported “intensive air activities, involving fighter aircraft and various unmanned aerial systems [drones]”, he said.

Of 531 “trajectories” recorded by UNIFIL on Thursday, 526 originated from Israeli positions south of the so-called “Blue Line” and “within UNIFIL’s area of operations”.

There were also “five trajectories presumably launched by Hezbollah, with one actually crossing the Blue Line”, Dujarric added.

Pakistan says a “final text” has been agreed between the US and Iran, with only next steps left to finalise.

But can the key mediator get the agreement over the finish line? Check out our report below.

The MoU between Tehran and Washington is a stopgap measure, with the real negotiations kicked down the road, says former US diplomat Henry Ensher.

“There’s been no resolution of the fundamental conflicts between the US and Iran. At best, it gives the protagonist, or the antagonist, the opportunity to rest and reset and see what else can be done,” Ensher, a former ambassador to Algeria, told Al Jazeera.

“As far as I can tell, the only thing that is actually going to happen, besides they stop shooting, is that both sides have committed to reopening the Strait of Hormuz under some process,” he said.

“On the nuclear side, that will go on for a long time.”

Eighteen-year-old football star Lamine Yamal proudly waved the Palestinian flag while celebrating FC Barcelona’s league win.⁣

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Israeli forces fired tear gas and stun grenades on Palestinians at a tourist site south of Bethlehem, the Wafa news agency reports.

The military closed off the “Solomon’s Pools” and restricted movement.

The site, located 3.5km (two miles) southwest of Bethlehem, is composed of three ancient stone reservoirs that historically served as a primary water source for Jerusalem.

What has been said to me is that the Americans are content with what is in the agreement, that the wording is very close to what we had several weeks ago.

There have been a few tweaks, just to make sure the Americans have clarified a number of points and also clarified the time scale of how things will happen.

And that’s the key.

US Congressman Ryan Zinke, a Republican, says Trump wants a deal with Iran but will not provide funding or sanctions relief without clear guarantees and Iranian compliance.

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The broader picture here on the ground in Lebanon today is that it doesn’t seem like there’s any kind of escalation or a slowing down of activity despite all of this talk about a deal – is Lebanon included, is it not?

The feeling on the ground is one of perhaps a little bit of hope and anticipation but also, “Let’s remember the last time there was discussion whether or not Lebanon was going to be included in a regional ceasefire deal.”

While we had people who were in the room who were party to that mediation and that negotiation, the Pakistani prime minister at the time said Lebanon was included, the Israelis then came out several hours later and said ‘no, it wasn’t’ and made that extremely clear with 100 air strikes within the span of 10 minutes on April 8.

That was the deadliest day of the war, so people here are looking at these announcements, they’re hearing what the Iranians are saying that Lebanon would be included, that they have insisted that is the case, but until there’s confirmation from the Israelis, people here are still very much waiting.

A UK court has handed jail sentences to four activists from the Palestinian Action group on “terror” charges after they were convicted for a raid on an Israeli arms company.

Judge Jeremy Johnson at Woolwich Crown Court handed down sentences of about five to eight years to the quartet as he branded their August 2024 raid on the Elbit Systems site in Bristol a “terrorist act”.

Last month, four of six activists on trial were convicted of criminal damage. One of the defendants was also found guilty of striking a police officer with a sledgehammer.

The group said their aim was to “dismantle drones and weaponry” that they believed would be used to kill people in the Gaza Strip.

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The Israeli military says its air force made the interceptions in southern Lebanon following alerts in northern Israel.

It said another drone fell inside Israeli territory near the Lebanese border, but no casualties were reported. The incident was under investigation, the army added.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot says he believes there is a genuine will on both sides to reach an agreement.

“We call on both sides to seize this opportunity to end a situation that is clearly untenable and only creates losers,” Barrot said in an interview with French news outlet LCI, adding that he delivered the same message directly to his Iranian counterpart.

Barrot said he spoke with Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi this morning, and expressed cautious optimism about the prospects for a deal.

“I am cautious, but the positive signs are accumulating,” he said. “I feel both sides have a will to reach this deal.”

We are very close – perhaps closer than ever – to reaching an agreement between the US and Iran.

We now have this latest statement from the Iranian foreign minister on TV, saying that it could happen in the coming days, which is a very positive sign. There is momentum between both sides.

He also mentioned that there are intense conversations and discussions internally here in Tehran, between the highest levels of leadership, especially the Supreme National Security Council and other relevant authorities.

He also made a very important point, framing the agreement not as a concession or the result of pressure from the United States – but as the product of Iran’s firm positions and red lines, particularly in light of the back-and-forth escalation in the region.

He described this memorandum of understanding as a two-stage process.

The first stage focuses on the memorandum of understanding itself, ending the war on all fronts, especially in Lebanon; the second stage addresses the most sensitive political issues: the nuclear file, highly enriched uranium, and sanctions.

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed has held more phone calls to discuss efforts to reach a deal between Tehran and Washington.

Sheikh Mohammed and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan expressed “great satisfaction with the progress achieved in the negotiations”, the Qatar News Agency reported. “They also expressed their hope that the American and Iranian sides would sign the agreement soon.”

The Qatari leader also discussed the progress with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. The pair voiced hope that the US and Iran would sign the agreement soon, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Amnesty International chief Agnes Callamard says the ethnic cleansing and annexation of the occupied West Bank are not the actions of a few extremist Israeli settlers, but part of a state-backed project.

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India has reiterated its “strong protest” at the deaths of three Indian sailors in the Strait of Hormuz.

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s minister of external affairs, said he told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that “such lethal actions against commercial shipping are not justified.”

The Indian government on Wednesday summoned a senior US diplomat in New Delhi to demand an explanation after the US military hit a Palau-flagged ship off Oman’s coast, killing the three Indian sailors.

Spoke to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio this evening. I reiterated India’s strong protest at the attacks by the US Navy in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners. Such lethal actions against commercial shipping are not justified.

— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) June 12, 2026