US refused to share Iran deal text with Israel: Report The US rebuffed an Israeli request to see the memorandum of understanding it signed with Iran, according to reports by US and Israeli media outlets. ABC News reported on Tuesday that Israeli officials have been briefed on the agreement, but that Israel has not been provided the text. The agreement, which was signed digitally by Iran and the US on Sunday, extends a fragile ceasefire between the two sides for 60 days and reopens the Strait of Hormuz, but the details of the text remain unclear. US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, have taken to network TV to defend the MOU. Vance said the “coolest thing” about the diplomacy was that the US was now talking to the Iranians. In 2015, the US, under President Barack Obama, and Iran negotiated a nuclear deal after months of high-level talks between the two countries. Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal and imposed debilitating sanctions on Iran under his "maximum pressure" campaign. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would send the agreement to Congress and share it publicly. A signing ceremony is expected to take place in Switzerland on Friday. "I never thought about sending it… but I will. I will send it to Congress,” Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit in France. He also said he would share the contents of the MOU. “I will probably have a press conference and read it to you word by word so that the press covers it accurately,” he said. But reports that Israel has not been briefed on the agreement underscore a widespread sense in the region that the deal favours Iran and leaves many of the US-Israeli war goals unmet. Israeli newspaper Yediot Aharonot already characterised the MOU as a “Bad Deal" this week. Avigdor Liberman, a right-wing Israeli politician and former defence minister, slammed the agreement in an interview with Israel’s 103FM radio. ”This agreement definitely turns Iran into a nuclear power," Liberman said. However, he said that Israel was stuck with any agreement the US signs. "We need to live with this. I have no complaints against the Americans. There are people here who expect the US to act according to Israeli interests, but no. I thank the US for what they have done," he added. Trump has also lashed out at any whiff of Israeli criticism about the deal. “If it weren't for the United States of America…Israel would not exist right now. Israel would have been blown off the face of the earth,” Trump said, sitting alongside the ruler of Qatar at the G-7 conference. Middle East Eye delivers independent and unrivalled coverage and analysis of the Middle East, North Africa and beyond. To learn more about republishing this content and the associated fees, please fill out this form. More about MEE can be found here.
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International mediators have proposed a 10-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran, according to a senior Iranian official cited in reports. The measure is described as intended to reduce hostilities and allow renewed talks on a prior interim agreement.
Both sides are assessing next steps in the current regional security situation.
Reports indicate that a US-Iran ceasefire has broken down amid renewed fighting, with the potential impact of mediation efforts by Pakistan, Qatar, and Oman remaining unclear. Earlier diplomatic steps included a June memorandum of understanding between the parties for further negotiations and talks hosted in Geneva in February.
The summary also references Europe’s historical role in diplomacy, including the 1814-15 Congress of Vienna.
Donald Trump stated in a Fox News interview that his representatives had spoken with Iranian officials an hour earlier and that those officials wanted to make a deal to end the conflict, though he noted they had broken prior agreements and expressed uncertainty about whether one would be reached.
He added that people do not want to die and that Iran would need to proceed carefully to avoid further losses. The remarks come amid an ongoing US-Iran conflict that has involved casualties and shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, with some social media users criticizing the repetition of similar statements.
Why the Iran-US ceasefire is falling apart Iran and the US have resumed fighting because they don’t see each other as ‘reliable negotiating partners’, says analyst Ali Vaez. Neither Iran nor the United States seems able to deliver a “knockout blow at an acceptable price” to the other side, and both know “they have no choice other than engaging in diplomacy”, but they’re not ready to make uncomfortable concessions, argues Ali Vaez, director of the Iran Project at International Crisis Group.
Vaez tells host Steve Clemons that Tehran and Washington are trying to “enforce their own interpretation” of the ceasefire agreement they signed last month. President Trump has become “frustrated” with diplomacy because he’s not seeing “the kind of quick results that he likes to see”, Vaez says.