US and Iran agree on peace roadmap, signal reopening of Strait of Hormuz: Live updates

Lebanese media reports that a vehicle in the southern town of Kfar Tebnit was struck by an Israeli drone this morning. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said injuries were reported. The outlet also reported Israeli artillery shelling targeting Kfar Tebnit and the nearby town of Nabatieh.

The IDF has not yet confirmed the strikes.

Israeli officials have also yet to comment on the US-Iran peace deal, which is said to include an “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the announced US-Iran deal, calling it a “critical step” toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict.

In a statement issued by his spokesman, Guterres praised the agreement’s provisions for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a framework for further negotiations.

The UN chief also thanked Pakistan, Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and other regional states for their role in facilitating the talks, and urged all sides to “build on the momentum” toward a final settlement. He reiterated that the United Nations stands ready to support efforts to achieve a “durable and comprehensive peace.”

US Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, blasted the agreement as a “surrender to Iran,” but argued that ending the conflict was still preferable to prolonging what he called an “insane, illegal war.”

“Every day it continues, our nation gets weaker, costs keep going up, Iran gets stronger, and Trump gets further from accomplishing his goals,” Murphy wrote on X, adding that “more war would just make things worse.”

Murphy argued that Tehran made only one concession – reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which had been open before the conflict – while retaining its missiles, drones, and nuclear program. He also claimed Trump had achieved “none” of his war aims and that Iran emerged stronger after surviving the US campaign.

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The Iranian Embassy in Tunisia has taken a swipe at Trump over the agreement, highlighting the irony of Washington seeking mediation through Pakistan while pressuring Iran.

“History can be ironic; Trump, in pursuit of a deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran, went to the doorstep of another ‘Islamic Republic’ – Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” the embassy wrote on X.

The post is the latest in a series of mocking messages and memes shared by Iranian diplomatic missions since the start of the war, in which they have ridiculed Trump, questioned Israel’s influence over US policy, and argued that ordinary Americans stand to gain little from continued hostilities with Tehran.

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Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has hailed the Iran-US agreement as a “significant breakthrough,” praising “sustained diplomatic engagement” and the collective resolve of all parties.

“It also sends a reassuring message to the international community and provides much-needed confidence and stability to global markets and the world economy,” he wrote on X, adding that Pakistan remains confident it will pave the way for lasting peace, stability, and shared prosperity in the region and beyond.

While negotiations on outstanding issues will continue, Dar said he looks forward to the agreement being formally signed in Geneva on June 19.

Russia’s aviation authority has banned night and morning flights to Iranian airports from June 14 to 24.

Decisions on day flights scheduled between 11:01 AM and 10:59 PM will be made after a risk assessment, it said.

Hawkish US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he was “somewhat concerned that Iran’s view of the agreement seems different from what the American negotiating team is claiming.”

He expressed hope that the agreement would be presented to Congress for review.

Iran’s state-run broadcaster IRIB dismissed reports in some Iranian media about a $300 billion reconstruction fund supposedly agreed under the peace framework as “nothing more than a claim.”

US Vice President J.D. Vance told Fox News that he plans to travel to Geneva for the signing of an agreement with Iran on June 19.

“I certainly plan to be there, but it’s possible the president himself could be there,” he said. “We’re still figuring out the logistics of who’s going to attend that signing ceremony.”

President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend the G7 summit in the French town of Evian-les-Bains, near the Swiss border, later this week.

Meanwhile, The New York Times reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and the country’s chief negotiator, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, are expected to attend the ceremony.

The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Gregory Meeks, called for close scrutiny of the deal with Iran.

“Any final agreement must be durable, enforceable, transparent, and subject to rigorous oversight by Congress,” he wrote on X.

“Trump’s war of choice was misguided and detrimental to American interests,” he added.