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00h41
Hezbollah reports fighting with Israeli army in southern Lebanon
Hezbollah claims to have repeatedly pushed back Israeli forces advancing in southern Lebanon, particularly near Majdal Zoun, by carrying out rocket attacks and small arms fire.
At the same time, the Israeli army called for the evacuation of several villages and carried out strikes in the region, where explosions and artillery fire were reported. Despite attempts at a ceasefire, fighting continues in this conflict, which has already left thousands dead in Lebanon.
22h16
Iran says MoU will be signed ‘remotely’ once finalized
22h01
Iran says draft deal includes lifting US blockade and new management of Strait of Hormuz
21h42
The head of Iranian diplomacy believes that Israel is seeking to disrupt a possible agreement with Washington
The head of Iranian diplomacy Abbas Araghchi accuses Israel of seeking to “derail” a possible agreement with Washington to end the war in the Middle East, announced as close by the various protagonists. “This agreement has enemies, first and foremost the Zionist regime, which is looking for pretexts to derail it,” the Foreign Minister declared on Iranian state television.
19h23
Agreement under discussion with Iran ‘includes Lebanon’, says senior US official
A senior American official assured this Friday that the agreement under discussion with Iran “includes Lebanon”, saying he was optimistic that the final result of the negotiations would also suit Israel and the Gulf countries. Concerning possible reluctance on the Iranian side, he considered that they were “rather minimal”, judging that there was a “broad consensus” in favor of the agreement in Tehran, including within the Revolutionary Guards, among the “supporters of a hard line” and among the “civil authorities”.
19h20
Switzerland offers itself as a place for a possible signing of an agreement
Switzerland has offered to host the possible signing of a peace agreement between the United States and Iran, the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs told AFP. “Switzerland is fully mobilized,” declared the ministry in a brief message sent to the agency. We are in close contact with the United States and Iran. » The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs « is active as a facilitator to support efforts towards a [protocole d’accord] intended to consolidate the truce and pave the way for de-escalation in the conflict between Iran and the USA,” he said. In addition, the ministry specifies that it “proposed Switzerland as a place for a possible signature, if the parties were to agree.”
19h18
According to a US official, there is an “80 to 85%” chance of reaching an agreement with Iran
A senior American official estimated on Friday that the probability that an agreement would be signed with Iran in the “next few days” was “80 to 85%”, but “not 100%”. During an exchange with the press, he said he “feels very good” about the finalization of the negotiations, while warning that the “finish line has not yet been crossed”.
18h58
Pakistan PM says agreement on peace text ‘reached’
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday that agreement had been “reached” on the text of a peace deal between the United States and Iran. Iran had itself affirmed earlier that an agreement was very close, seeming to want to calm things down after a furious message from Donald Trump accusing Tehran of circulating a false text.
“While Pakistan is deploying intense mediation efforts, we are fully aware that a relentless disinformation campaign is being waged by those who want to sabotage the peace agreement,” the Pakistani minister said.
17h18
An agreement with the United States “has never been so close”, declares Iranian diplomacy
Iran’s Foreign Minister assured Friday that an agreement between his country and the United States to end the war in the Middle East had “never been so close.”
“The memorandum of understanding in Islamabad (capital of Pakistan, mediator of the negotiations) has never been so close. Pending its finalization, the media should refrain from speculating on its contents,” Abbas Araghchi wrote on X, adding that “all details would be communicated to the public in due course.”
16h38
US says Iran agreed to ‘dismantle’ its nuclear program
A senior American official said Friday that Iran had agreed to “dismantle” its nuclear program and get rid of its enriched uranium, after Donald Trump accused Tehran of lying about the terms of the agreement under discussion between the two countries.
“This is what they accepted,” this senior official told AFP, delivering a list of five points: “the (Iranian) nuclear material will be destroyed and removed”; “the nuclear program will be dismantled”; “their funds will not be released until they fulfill the terms”; “the Strait of Hormuz will be opened”; “No financing of terrorist groups by Iran. HAS”
16h00
Trump says draft deal revealed by Iran is ‘irrelevant to reality’
Donald Trump asserted this Friday that a 14-point agreement text circulating in the Iranian media was “unrelated to reality” and called on Tehran to “get its act together, and FAST”, in a furious message. “The terms (agreement) that Iran leaked to the lying media have NOTHING to do with the terms we agreed to in writing. What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement about the deal that would be reached, is irrelevant to reality,” the US president wrote on his Truth Social network.
“These are people who have no honor. With them it is impossible to negotiate in good faith,” he added, also announcing that Iran had launched an “UNACCEPTABLE” drone attack on Thursday evening against Indian boats in the Strait of Hormuz, which he said was “totally repulsed”.
13h40
Netanyahu says he and Trump are ‘completely in agreement’ that Iran will never have an atomic bomb
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he “completely agrees” with Donald Trump that Iran should never have the atomic bomb, the day after an announcement by the American president on the imminence of an agreement between Washington and Tehran to end the war.
“As long as I am Prime Minister of Israel, Iran will not have nuclear weapons. President Trump and I are in complete agreement on this issue,” declared Mr. Netanyahu in a statement, boasting of being “for more than 30 years (…) at the forefront of the international fight against the Iranian nuclear program.”
13h32
Iran-linked group boasts of hacking FBI drones, threatens World Cup
A group of hackers linked to Iran claimed to have hacked FBI drones and threatened to target the Football World Cup, according to the website Intelligence Group, a private organization which monitors the online activity of jihadist groups. He released a statement from the Handala organization claiming that it had “for months” “every image and every suspect” recorded by US federal police drones.
The hackers claim to have access to drones piloted in immersion (FPV), equipped with facial recognition and license plate reading systems deployed for the fight against terrorism. “Better step up your World Cup security, we really don’t like some of these teams. Remember: FPVs are everywhere, you never know when one might end up right on your team bus,” Handala said in the statement cited by SITE.
The FBI deploys drones and bans flights of unmanned aircraft over American stadiums hosting World Cup matches, as well as over events organized on the sidelines of the competition.
11h49
Tehran would not cede control of the Strait of Hormuz under the terms of the draft agreement, according to state media
Iran’s official IRNA news agency said Tehran would not relinquish control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz under the terms of the proposed framework agreement with the United States. “In this text, Iran makes no commitment to cede management of the strait or to reestablish the conditions that prevailed before the American and Israeli military aggression,” according to Irna, which describes “the broad outlines of the current text” currently being finalized.
11h23
Iranian media says possible deal with Washington would end war, including in Lebanon
Iran’s Mehr news agency on Friday published what it presented as a draft agreement with the United States aimed at establishing a framework to end the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
According to the agency, this draft framework agreement provides for a “permanent and immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon”, “60 days of negotiations to reach an agreement on nuclear issues and the complete lifting of sanctions” Americans. Citing a source close to the Iranian negotiating team, the agency said the plan included the “release of $24 billion in Iranian funds blocked during the final 60-day negotiation period,” specifying that half of this sum would be “made available to Iran before the start of negotiations.”
06h10
Egypt asks Washington and Tehran to seize “the opportunity to cancel the strikes”
Egypt called on Washington and Tehran to seize “the opportunity” of an agreement to end the war, after the cancellation of strikes on Iran by Donald Trump.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said it hoped “that the opportunity presented will be seized to reach an agreement on the various outstanding issues and prepare the ground for the end of the war and the start of a new phase of stability regional,” in a press release published late Thursday.
06h08
Oil is falling
As every time Donald Trump announces that he is close to an agreement with Iran, the price of oil fell overnight. of a barrel of Brent from the North Sea, world market benchmark, dropping 1.11% to 89.37 dollars around 4:30 a.m.
06h08
Téhéran se tâte
Iranian diplomacy assures for the moment that it has not yet decided to sign. “So far, Iran has not yet reached a final conclusion regarding the agreement,” spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told Iranian state media.
06h06
Strait of Hormuz and nuclear weapons
The American president said he thought that Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, had validated what he called “a very solid framework agreement” with the United States and suggested that his vice-president, JD Vance, would possibly sign it as soon as possible. “this weekend”.
But he gave no details on the content of this compromise, except that it ensured an immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz after signing, and the impossibility for Iran to acquire nuclear weapons.
