LIVE. US and Iran reach agreement to end war

Donald Trump and Iranian officials announced on Sunday evening that they had reached a framework agreement to end the war, lift the US blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a preliminary pact which leaves the fate of the Iranian nuclear program to subsequent negotiations. The memorandum of understanding is expected to be officially signed this Friday in Switzerland.

The agreement was concluded despite the Israeli strike carried out on Sunday in Lebanon, which sparked criticism from Iran and Donald Trump.

Infos à retain

⇒ Donald Trump says deal provides for reopening of Strait of Hormuz

⇒Iran’s nuclear program to be subject of further discussions

⇒ The United States will resume its attacks if no nuclear agreement is concluded, threatens Donald Trump

10h50

Lebanon warns displaced people against hasty return to the country

Authorities in southern Lebanon on Monday warned people displaced by three months of war between Israel and Hezbollah against hastily returning home, despite a US-Iranian agreement aimed at ending the wider conflict. In fact, Israel declared that it would not withdraw its troops from the south.

In southern Lebanon, where Israeli forces occupy a self-proclaimed security zone, municipal councils issued statements calling on residents not to return to their homes, the official national news agency reported.

09h35

Keir Starmer: “Iran must never possess nuclear weapons”

“We will now work closely with our partners to ensure that the agreement between Iran and the United States results in a lasting peace,” declared British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

09h05

Israel will not withdraw from occupied territories in Lebanon

Israel will not withdraw from the territories it conquered in Lebanon and if Iran attacks Israel because of events in Lebanon, Israel will retaliate, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement on Monday.

08:10

The agreement should make it possible to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to Ursula von der Leyen

The agreement between the United States and Iran should allow the “immediate reopening” of the Strait of Hormuz, declared this Monday the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

“The priority now is its rapid and complete implementation by all parties,” Ursula von der Leyen declared on X about the announced agreement. “Freedom of navigation must be restored without toll. This is essential for regional stability and the global economy. “This opens the way to broader negotiations on peace and security in the Middle East,” she added.

Ursula von der Leyen also declared that peace in the Middle East was impossible “as long as Lebanon is in flames”. “Once again, Europe calls on all parties to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Lebanon and to implement a genuine ceasefire,” she said.

08:00

“The EU is ready to contribute to a lasting solution”

The agreement announced between the United States and Iran marks a “potential breakthrough” in the war and the EU will now examine how it can be involved in the next phase, the head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, said on Monday.

“Thanks to its economic influence, its nuclear expertise and its long-standing relations with its Gulf partners, the EU is ready to contribute to a lasting solution,” declared Kallas in a message published on X, before a meeting of the foreign ministers of the 27 member states of the EU in Brussels.

07h45

Emmanuel Macron supports the “determined efforts of the Lebanese authorities”

Paris will continue “to provide its full support to the determined efforts of the Lebanese authorities to restore the sovereignty of the State, which is the only one capable of ensuring the stability and territorial integrity of Lebanon and responding to the needs of the populations”, wrote on the social network X Emmanuel Macron.

07h00

The United States will resume its attacks if no nuclear agreement is reached

President Donald Trump declared this Sunday at the New York Times that if Iran did not reach a final nuclear agreement with the United States, it would restart military attacks against Tehran or make the United States “the guardian of the Middle East” in exchange for 20% of the region’s revenues.

In an interview with the American newspaper, Donald Trump declared that the agreement he had concluded with Iran would ultimately guarantee that the Strait of Hormuz would be “definitely royalty-free” and asserted that, despite the objections of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he had saved Israel from nuclear annihilation.

06h25

Emmanuel Macron’s reaction:

06h00

“We have no guarantee that the nuclear program will ever be addressed”

Former Biden administration State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Donald Trump made significant concessions to Iran to maintain the status quo that existed before the war broke out.

“We have no guarantee that the nuclear program will ever be addressed, but Iran has shown the world that it can hold the world economy hostage and get something from the United States in return,” Matthew Miller said.

05h55

Towards a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz on Friday?

Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz, a major sea route for global oil and gas supplies that Iran has effectively closed for months, would reopen on Friday, and that he ordered the lifting of the US blockade of Iranian ports. “Ships of the world, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” Donald Trump wrote on his social network.

Oil prices fell following this announcement. Brent lost 4% at the start of the session on Monday, while the American WTI fell by more than 4.6%. Asian stock markets, for their part, jumped.

05h50

The end of military operations from Monday evening

In a statement, the secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said the war and military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, would end definitively as of Monday evening.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said a broader deal would be negotiated during a 60-day ceasefire period, including sanctions relief on Iran. The fate of Iran’s nuclear program, another thorny issue, will also be discussed in these subsequent discussions, sources told Reuters.

05:40

An agreement with Iran

“The agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now concluded,” wrote American President Donald Trump on his Truth Social platform late Sunday. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a message on X that the pact provided for “the immediate and definitive cessation of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.” The memorandum of understanding is expected to be officially signed this Friday in Switzerland.