That means there won’t be a deal. Hezbollah will not disarm, Iran will keep the supply lines open and Israel will keep bombing them until there’s nothing left to bomb.
The agreement between Lebanon and Israel is an “existential threat” to Hezbollah’s presence, Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem says.
Despite that, the agreement, which includes disarming Hezbollah, can’t be enforced without the group’s consent.
“Without Hezbollah’s consent, this is not going to happen,” Hashem said in Al Jazeera’s Doha studio. “This is going to be another recipe for another confrontation. The Lebanese government isn’t capable of imposing this deal. It’s not the de facto force on the ground.”
The deal, signed earlier today, is about “putting Hezbollah in the corner,” Hashem said.
The Trump administration has said Iran’s unfrozen money will be used to buy US agricultural products, which will then be provided to Iran.
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The US rejects any nation’s claim over Hormuz, says Rubio in Bahrain
The US will not accept that Hormuz belongs to any nation-state, Rubio says while meeting with Bahraini leaders in Manama.
“We want a deal with Iran, we don’t want a deal at any price,” he added.
- US Secretary of State Rubio tells Bahraini leaders in Manama that the US wants to ensure agreement with Iran takes into account the “interest of allies“.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has rejected a new shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz, warning that any vessel using it will be in danger.
- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency says visits to Iran’s nuclear sites will take place, but Tehran says inspections will only happen once a final deal is reached with the US.
Latest updates:
Israel attacks Hezbollah as Netanyahu says troops to stay
- Israel continues to attack southern Lebanon as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the Israeli military is “not going to withdraw” from occupied areas.
- Lebanese group Hezbollah has accused Israel of targeting civilians trying to return to their homes in Lebanon’s south, killing two people and wounding a third.
- After a meeting in Bahrain, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington and its Gulf allies have rejected any Iranian fees or restrictions on transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned against any crossings of the strait without authorisation, as the critical waterway remains a major source of tension.
Bahrain FM welcomes Oman corridor for safe passage through Hormuz
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani has welcomed Oman’s announcement of a corridor for the safe passage of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says any ships taking the new route will be in danger.
Tehran Friday sermon: Muslim cleric says that Iran has defeated U.S. and Israel, crowd screams ‘Death to America’
‘The only thing the U.S. has to show in return is a document that amounts to an unconditional surrender’
“CNN was right about the war, and I was wrong,” by Becket Adams, The Hill, June 22, 2026:
…The most astonishing thing about the White House’s capitulation in Iran, beyond the Islamic Republic’s victory in the face of a clear power disparity, is that the White House obviously jumped into the war with no real consideration or plan for the possibility that Iran might block the Strait of Hormuz. This despite U.S. military strategists warning for decades about this exact scenario….
Everything the U.S. has done in this conflict — from Trump’s impotent screaming on social media to the administration getting jerked around in negotiations to its eventually agreeing to hand Iran everything — points to one painful and embarrassing reality: The White House went to war with no plan to counter or neutralize Iran’s most important asset….
The agreement also temporarily reopens the Strait of Hormuz, but only until such time as Tehran decides to shut it down again, because Iran can do that and there is nothing anyone, not even the U.S., can do about it.
This is key. Don’t be fooled into thinking this agreement has anything to do with the stated U.S. goals at the outset of the war. It has nothing to do with degrading Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The “understanding” is no more complicated than a desperate play to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and toss away America’s leverage to end Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
This is an unbelievably bad deal. It could only have been devised by the type of man who would lose money as a casino owner.
And if you don’t think the deal stinks, just remember that when details about its text were first leaked, its architects — most notably Vice President J.D. Vance — claimed the information, which would eventually prove true, was merely “Iranian propaganda.” In other words, it’s a deal so great that its designers had to lie about it to sell it.
Meanwhile, Iran still has thousands of missiles, with billions of dollars in sanctions relief coming soon, which will undoubtedly be used to rebuild its arsenal and fund its terrorist proxies.
The memorandum is a humiliation for the U.S. A theocratic death cult responsible for thousands of dead Americans is being handed everything but the kitchen sink.
And the only thing the U.S. has to show in return is a document that amounts to an unconditional surrender, along with the loss of 13-plus U.S. servicemen….
One thing our leaders never understand is that “Islam will never give up the jihad” Never. Sure wax and wane, but it is always there lurking ready to bust open like a zit. Treaties are just pretend to muslims. They are just temporary retreats to rearm and infiltrate the enemy.