Trump says the oil will flow but state media reports out of Tehran suggest it could be under ‘Iranian arrangements’ ; UFC paying White House fighters in Trump crypto. Key US politics stories from Sunday 14 June at a glance The Iranian deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, confirmed in the early hours of Monday an agreement for an “immediate end” to the US-Iranian war, and said Lebanon was included in a peace deal due to be signed on Friday. Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, announced the agreement on Sunday afternoon, saying both sides would be declaring “the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts”. Regional officials said Qatari mediators had travelled to Tehran on Sunday to finalise terms of a memorandum of understanding (MOU). Uncertainty swirled, though, including around whether Israel would end its attacks aimed at Hezbollah in Lebanon, while Iranian hardliners registered their opposition to what they see as capitulation to the US. Lindsay Graham, a Republican senator, said he was pleased to hear about the MOU but added: “I am somewhat concerned that Iran’s view of the agreement seems different than what the American negotiating team is claiming .” Continue reading...

AI summaries can be wrong sometimes—always verify important details using the source article.