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What Iran and US get from deal and why both could struggle to keep it

Revolutionary Guards commander has to sell the deal to a hardline base deeply suspicious of compromise with the US. The comparison with the 2015 nuclear agreement is unavoidable. In Washington, some may present

Prospects fade for imminent end to Iran war as attacks restart

Revolutionary Guard Corps said Tuesday its air defenses had shot down a U.S. drone and fired at a fighter jet entering Iranian airspace. In a post in a Telegram account linked to the security forces

What to know about US-Iran standoff over the Strait of Hormuz

Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced a clear reversal in Iran’s position, saying the Strait of Hormuz would not return to its “previous state”, amid the blockade of Iranian ports. The IRGC’s joint military

JD Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks

news agency that Tehran is “positively reviewing” its participation, amid reports that its delegation would again be headed by parliamentary speaker [Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/24/iran-parliament-speaker-mohammad-bagher-ghalibaf-white-house) if Vance attends. Tehran called

Trump says Iran attack on ‘hold’: What we know about latest negotiations

news briefing on Monday that Tehran’s response to the previous US proposal had been “conveyed to the American side through mediator Pakistan”, according to Tasnim. Washington and Tehran have [exchanged multiple proposals](/news/2026/5/11/unacceptable-whats-irans-peace-proposal-that-trump-has-rejected

How Iran has changed, and how it hasn’t, in two months of war

Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), founded to safeguard the establishment after the 1979 revolution, continues to take the lead on military operations, wield significant economic power, particularly from managing Iran’s natural resources, and maintain [armed

Trump-Xi summit: China, US disagree on what they agreed on

News on Friday that China had agreed to buy 200 jets from US aviation manufacturer Boeing – fewer than half the 500 Boeings predicted by markets, which led to Boeing shares falling by more than

More than 50 Iranian military bases damaged in US strikes since start of war, satellite images show

Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), have been damaged by US-Israeli attacks since the war began, satellite images show.** Bases across the country have been heavily damaged by US strikes, the images reviewed by BBC Verify

UAE to unlock frozen Iranian funds amid US ceasefire push

news agency. The report on the move coincided with the final stages of [broader negotiations](/news/2026/6/12/pakistan-says-final-agreed-upon-text-of-iran-war-ceasefire-deal-reached) between Tehran and Washington to end the war. Diplomats say those talks involve the release of tens of billions

What lessons will Iran’s new leadership draw from the 110-day war?

Hormuz would eventually become a wasting asset. Few Iranians deny that the strait was decisive in proving the US could no longer impose global order unilaterally. ![Donald Trump wearing a USA baseball cap sitting

Iran foreign minister: strait of Hormuz now ‘completely open’ to commercial vessels

Revolutionary Guard Corps, which has reinforced its already powerful authority in Tehran during the war. Trump also said that Iran had agreed to indefinitely suspend its nuclear programme, and would not receive any frozen funds

Trump reportedly tells Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran - as it happened

strait of Hormuz – through which a fifth of all oil and natural gas usually passes – as well as fighting between Israel and [Hezbollah](https://www.theguardian.com/world/hezbollah) in Lebanon. ![Smoke from an explosion

Why is Iran increasingly targeting the UAE in its war messaging?

Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), directly addressed Emirati leaders a week ago, and said they must not turn their country into “the den of Americans and Zionists and their military forces and equipment to betray

The bikers battling extreme heat and armed conflict to smuggle Iranian fuel to Pakistan

Strait of Hormuz, fuel prices have surged, boosting demand in Pakistan for cheaper smuggled petrol and diesel from Iran. Like thousands of smugglers in Balochistan, Mazaar, whose name we've changed for his safety, ferries

Drone strikes UAE nuclear plant highlighting risk of renewed war

News Agency/via AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A drone strike sparked a fire on the edge of the United Arab Emirates' sole nuclear power plant on Sunday in what authorities called an "unprovoked terrorist attack

How Pakistan secured ‘biggest diplomatic win in years’ with Iran ceasefire

news of the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Photograph: Rehan Khan/EPA For Pakistan’s government and its military, the country’s de facto rulers, helping to mediate

Sailors stressed and exhausted after months trapped by Strait of Hormuz blockade

Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to cross. He then steered his ship towards the critical waterway along with four other vessels. Shortly after, they were warned not to proceed. Nine days later, Islam tried again

With Iran deal, Trump told ships to 'start your engines.' That's not happening yet

news agency, residents fish from the shore as cargo and commercial vessels lie at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas on June 8. **Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images** Amirhossein Khorgooei/ISNA/AFP via Getty

Iran shuts Hormuz strait: But wasn’t it already closed?

Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), announced that the strait was “closed” and if any vessels tried to cross it, the IRGC and the navy would “set those ships ablaze”. Tehran’s move came in response

How Lebanon became the breaking point for the Iran war ceasefire

Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said in a statement. Israel responded to that by carrying out multiple attacks across Iran on Monday, including the capital Tehran, despite US President Donald Trump reportedly telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin