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DIRECT. War in the Middle East: an agreement with Iran is still possible on Monday, says the American secretary of state

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DIRECT. War in the Middle East: an agreement with Iran is still possible on Monday, says the American secretary of state

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Plane above Doha airport in Qatar on March 23, 2026 (YOUSEF MASOUD / AFP)

Plane above Doha airport in Qatar on March 23, 2026 (YOUSEF MASOUD / AFP)

The visit focuses on topics related to the Strait of Hormuz and highly enriched uranium.

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  • A high-level Iranian delegation, including the chief negotiator and the governor of the Central Bank, traveled to Qatar on Monday, May 25, for discussions on efforts to resolve the conflict in the Middle East and Iranian assets which Tehran is demanding be released to the United States. According to Irna, the official Iranian news agency, the delegation is to meet “Qatari Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdelrahmane Al Thani”. De même source, il s’agit d’“examine the seriousness and veracity of American commitments before accepting an end-of-war agreement.” Follow our live stream.
  • Donald Trump blows hot and cold. The American president declared Monday on his Truth Social network that a possible agreement with Iran should be “excellent and meaningful”without which there would be “disagree”. For its part, Iran spoke on Monday of progress in negotiations with the United States to put a lasting end to the war. “It is correct to say that we have reached a conclusion on many of the issues under discussion.”declared the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during his weekly press briefing. “But to say that the signing of an agreement is imminent, no one can say that”he added.
  • Israel issues evacuation calls for more than 10 villages in Lebanon. The Israeli army on Monday issued calls to evacuate more than 10 villages in southern Lebanon, ahead of planned attacks against pro-Iranian Hezbollah, despite the current truce. Furthermore, the army of the Hebrew State announced on Monday the death of one of its soldiers, aged 19, “Fallen in combat in southern Lebanon” Sunday. His death brings to 23 the number of Israeli soldiers dead since the outbreak of war with Hezbollah in March.
  • Oil prices falling. Hopes of an agreement between the United States and Iran to put a lasting end to the war in the Middle East caused oil prices to fall on Asian markets on Monday morning. Around 4:20 a.m. (French time), the price of a barrel of Brent from the North Sea dropped 4.25% to $99.14, while American WTI fell 4.55% to $92.20.
  • Iran denies imposing tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said on Monday it was imposing fees for “browsing services”rather than tolls, to ships transiting through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, in the midst of negotiations with the United States to put a lasting end to the war. “The services provided, namely navigation services as well as measures necessary for the protection of the environment of the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf and the Sea of ​​Oman, require the collection of certain fees”justified the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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    It’s midnight, here’s one last update on the news for this Pentecost Monday:

    • #WEATHER Pr¨s de 35°C in Bergerac and La Roche-sur-Yon, 34.3°C in Nantes, 33.3°C in Le Mans, 33°C in Brest and 32.3°C in Dinard. Several new heat records for the month of May were beaten today in France. Eight departments in the West have entered orange vigilance due to the heatwave, which is unprecedented in May.

    • #MIDDLE EAST The Israeli army has increased its strikes in the south and east of Lebanon, while Benjamin Netanyahu affirmed that his country would “intensifier” the offensive in Lebanon to “écraser” Hezbollah, despite the truce in force since April 17.

    • #ROLAND_GARROS A page in French tennis is turning. Gaël Monfils did his farewell to Roland-Garros after his defeat in the first round against Hugo Gaston at the end of a marathon match. The Frenchman, semi-finalist in 2008 in Paris, was honored during a moving ceremony.
  • #MIDDLE_EAST The Israeli army has increased its strikes in the south and east of Lebanon, while Benjamin Netanyahu said his country would “intensifier” the offensive in Lebanon to “écraser” Hezbollah despite the truce in force since April 17. Several strikes notably targeted localities near the ancient city of Tire, as well as the city and region of Nabatiyé, according to the Lebanese National Information Agency.

  • #MIDDLE_EAST “We are not braking, on the contrary, I asked to accelerate”declares the Israeli Prime Minister in a video broadcast on his Telegram channel. “We will intensify the blows, intensify the power and we will crush” Hezbollah. This new threat comes at a time when the United States and Iran are trying to finalize the terms of an agreement to end hostilities in the Middle East, and while a ceasefire is in force in Lebanon.

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    #MIDDLE_EAST Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will “intensifier” the offensive in Lebanon to “écraser” and Hezbollah.

  • #MIDDLE_EAST Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian orders the restoration of international internet access in Iran, suspended since the attacks launched by the United States and Israel against the country. Interrupted during major demonstrations in early January, international internet access in Iran was suspended on February 28, at the start of American and Israeli strikes against the country. Since then, the population has only had access to platforms and sites within the national network.

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    • #WEATHER FORECAST Eight western departments are placed on orange heat wave alert tomorrow, Météo-France reports. Temperatures will be between 33 and 36°C in the afternoon, continues the institute, levels “remarkable for the end of May”. Follow our live.
    • #ROLAND_GARROS Former Roland-Garros winner Stan Wawrinka, 41, said goodbye to the Porte d’Auteuil on a final defeat. After the Swiss, another figure on the circuit could bow out this evening: the Frenchman Gaël Monfils, opposed to Hugo Gaston. This will be followed in an upcoming live broadcast on franceinfo.
    • #RENNES Two teenagers, a 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, were placed in police custody for “murder of a minor” the day after the discovery, in Rennes, of the body of an 11-year-old boy, a wet bath towel “nouée très serrée auteur de son cou”. Here’s what we know.
    • #MIDDLE_EAST The Israeli army has issued calls to evacuate more than ten villages in southern Lebanon, ahead of planned attacks against pro-Iranian Hezbollah, despite the ongoing truce. Follow our live.
  • #MIDDLE_EAST Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has not appeared since his appointment on March 8, with the US Defense Secretary saying he was “injured and probably disfigured.” “Apart from superficial injuries to the face, head and legs, which did not require amputation or cause complications, there was nothing major”reacted today the spokesperson for the Iranian Ministry of Health, Hossein Kermanpour. According to him, he was able to leave the hospital on March 1st.

  • #MIDDLE_EAST These planned attacks against pro-Iranian Hezbollah come despite the current truce. The Israeli army has just issued calls to evacuate more than 10 villages in southern Lebanon. A military spokesperson listed 10 localities, the majority located in the Nabatiyé sector. He then called on the residents of a building in Rachidiyé and two buildings in Bourj al-Shamali, in the Tire region, to leave the premises.

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    • #WEATHER FORECAST Time will remain “overall very hot until Saturday” in mainland France and yellow vigilance could extend to other departments, warned a forecaster at Météo-France. We are monitoring the situation here.
    • #MIDDLE_EAST Donald Trump said a possible deal with Iran should be “excellent and meaningful”without which there would be “disagree”. Follow our live.
    • #ROLAND_GARROS Highest ranked Frenchman at Roland-Garros in the absence of Arthur Fils, Arthur Rinderknech s’est qualifié by defeating the Austrian Jurij Rodionov in three sets 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 6-3 in 2h26. The Frenchman will face the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics or the Italian Matteo Berrettini in the second round.
    • #RENNES A 16 year old teenager a été interpellé and divers probe the river near the scene of the events, the day after the discovery in Rennes of the body of a 12-year-old boy, a wet bath towel “nouée très serrée autour de son cou”. Investigations continue.
  • #MIDDLE_EAST However, the two countries are in the middle of negotiations to end the conflict. Two far-right Israeli ministers have called for intensifying the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon. “It is time for the Prime Minister to bang his fist on the table in front of Donald Trump and tell him that Israel is returning to the war in Lebanon”notably affirmed the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, calling for “return to intensive war”à “cut off the electricity” in the neighboring country and “take control” of the Zahrani river, located further north than the Litani.

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