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News and Analysis 6/16/26

“If we get to a Friday signing ceremony without this uncertain new US-Iran deal being derailed by any of its inherent ambiguities, then nuclear talks can finally restart … at almost exactly the same point they were before this conflict started” …

  • Trump Hails Iran Deal that Fixes Nothing Except a Problem His War Caused (The Guardian)

… The US-Iran ceasefire is welcome. But the US president is trying to disguise a failed war of choice as a diplomatic victory:

  • The Guardian View on Donald Trump’s Iran Deal: a Pause Is Not a Triumph — Editorial (The Guardian)

“While Trump announced the ‘immediate’ lifting of the U.S. blockade and opening of the strait on Sunday, he later said it would open on Friday once the ceremony takes place”:

  • The 8 Unresolved Questions in Trump’s Iran Deal (Axios)

Critics … say the prime minister misjudged Trump’s appetite for a protracted conflict, was outflanked by Iran in negotiations and grew increasingly sidelined by the region’s other major players” …

  • Israelis Angry over U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Lash Out at Netanyahu (PBS)

… and “Israelis disparaged the peace deal and said the fight against Hezbollah would go on” …

  • Israelis Denounce Trump’s Deal with Iran (Washington Post)

… and “Israel’s more focused fight against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon still has the power to disrupt broader American efforts to resolve its monthslong war with Iran”:

  • Renewed Fighting Between Israel and Hezbollah Could Scupper the U.S-Iran Deal (NBC News)

The Zionist war on free speech — and the resistance– continues:

  • Palestine Action Ban Is Lawful, Court of Appeal Rules (BBC)
  • Israel Uses ‘Battlefield Evidence’ to Prosecute Palestinians Abroad (Aljazeera)

Few analysts believe final settlement can be reached in 60 days – and even if it is, war and instability could soon return”:

  • US-Iran Deal May Get Oil Flowing Again, but Region’s Root Problems Are Unsolved (The Guardian)

A “a conservative lawyer … won the nonpartisan mayoral runoff Saturday …  over a retired construction company owner, called immigrants ‘rats’ and Islam a ‘terrorist group’” after “candidates who used similar anti-immigrant rhetoric won recent statewide runoffs”:

  • Anti-Islam Candidate Loses Mayor’s Race in Texas City Torn over Immigration (Washington Post)

“We spent so much time in the air commuting, they didn’t even give us time to recover. After the game today, they said to us, ‘You have to leave immediately” — Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei:

  • ‘Oppressed’ Iran Forced to Leave U.S. After New Zealand Draw (ESPN)

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