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Iran said connected Tuesday (June 16, 2026) that talks with the United States connected its atomic programme and sanctions alleviation would apt statesman aboriginal this week, arsenic President Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would “completely open” erstwhile the foes motion their deal. Officials accidental negotiations implicit a last woody would instrumentality spot successful a 60-day model aft the memorandum of knowing to extremity astir 4 months of warfare triggered by U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iran is physically signed.
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Meanwhile, Donald Trump issued a uncommon nationalist rebuke of Israel’s subject tactics successful Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants, saying it was unnecessary to weaponry full flat buildings to hunt militants. Mr. Trump, who successful caller days had expressed his displeasure implicit Israeli attacks successful Beirut that helium said could person endangered his bid woody with Iran, said Israel has been warring Hezbollah, the Iran-aligned Lebanese militia, for “too long”.
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Oil prices edged higher successful aboriginal commercialized connected Wednesday (June 17), clawing backmost immoderate of the erstwhile session’s losses, arsenic investors assessed whether the Iran warfare volition genuinely extremity and the Strait of Hormuz reopen.
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