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ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran. Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP Iran’s top diplomat and foreign minister, **Abbas Araghchi,** said a peace deal with the US would [require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon](https://www.theguardian.com
ceasefire reached in early April. Israeli media reported online that an explosion on Sunday night in an apartment building in Tehran’s Andisheh was a targeted assassination of an IRGC general, but the Iranian media
talks, said the next round of negotiations between the US and Iran will happen “very soon”. Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that “meaningful progress” had been achieved, offering grounds for optimism that
ceasefire and lifts the US Navy's blockade of Iranian ports. It defers the thorniest issues to future negotiations. That agenda will include the future of Iran's nuclear programme and the level of sanctions
ceasefire. While official maps claimed a buffer zone of 570sq km (220sq miles), satellite images captured soon afterwards showed building demolitions in towns located explicitly outside the declared lines, such as Zawtar al-Sharqiya. Ehab
talks in Islamabad in April when the ceasefire was first brokered. Trump said he believed that Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had approved the agreement as well. There has been no confirmation of this
ceasefire](/news/2026/5/26/us-strikes-iran-again-what-we-know-and-is-the-ceasefire-over) in place since early April. The commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s Aerospace Force, Seyed Majid Moosavi, said it is prepared to respond, criticising ongoing diplomacy, saying “negotiation with the enemy is pure
ceasefire, which has mostly held since April, into something more permanent. According to reports from the region, the gaps in those talks are indeed getting smaller. The focus is on a limited memorandum of understanding
ceasefire in Iran and said the strait of Hormuz should be opened “as soon as possible”. Ahead of the summit, there was speculation the US might appeal to [China](https://www.theguardian.com/world/china), the biggest buyer
ceasefire deal focused on opening the strait of Hormuz, setting aside discussions on nuclear weapons, missiles, sanctions and other issues for later, according to officials in the region. Under a bill being prepared by Iran
ceasefire extension "means nothing."](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates) Meanwhile in Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes killed at least five people, including Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil. Israeli and Lebanese diplomats are expected to meet in Washington for a second
ceasefire remains in place and that wider negotiations with [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) have not been affected. [The Wall Street Journal reported](https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-launches-fresh-wave-of-strikes-against-iran-2a23d87b?st=WYvUTx) that, after authorising the latest attacks, Trump instructed aides
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 13, 2026. **Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images** Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images However
ceasefire. Tehran has been effectively blocking nearly all shipping from the Gulf for more than two months, after the US and Israel attacked Iran two months ago, disrupting global energy supplies. “We have told these
ceasefire but strikes have continued including U.S. military strikes against Iranian targets on Monday. **Vahid Salemi/AP** Vahid Salemi/AP - 🎧 **Iran's semi-official state media reports that it plans to negotiate a deal to reopen