{"id":94964,"date":"2026-06-18T03:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94964"},"modified":"2026-06-18T03:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:37:33","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-18-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=94964","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 6\/18\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hours after an outdated version of the 14-point agreement was leaked to some media outlets, a senior U.S. administration official read out the memorandum&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/06\/17\/us-iran-peace-deal-agreement-leaked-draft-text\/\">Read the Full Text of the 14-Point Agreement Between the U.S. and Iran<\/a> (Time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-schema=\"smart-brevity\">&#8220;The U.S. and <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/world\/iran\" target=\"_self\" data-vars-link-text=\"Iran\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/world\/iran\" data-vars-content-id=\"eca7ea5d-3ae8-42b9-9704-4f16938c0d6a\" data-vars-headline=\"U.S. and Iran sign deal ahead of schedule\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\">Iran<\/a> have remotely signed their memorandum of understanding to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, and the agreement is now in effect, two U.S. officials told Axios&#8221;:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/06\/17\/iran-deal-signing-text-release\">U.S. and Iran Sign Deal Ahead of Schedule<\/a> (Axios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After &#8220;safe passage of commercial ships without tolls for 60 days &#8230;. Iran will then &#8216;conduct dialog&#8217; with Oman &#8216;to define the future administration and maritime services&#8217; in Hormuz in discussion with the other Gulf states, according to the agreement&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/06\/17\/iran-mou-deal-strait-hormuz-oman-toll.html\">Iran to Define Strait of Hormuz Administration with Oman and Gulf States, Senior U.S. Officials Say<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Israeli war crimes continue:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropsitenews.com\/p\/gaza-yellow-line-blocks-tuffah-halawa-jawazat-israeli-bases?publication_id=2510348&amp;post_id=202482289&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=46bwo&amp;triedRedirect=true\">In Campaign to Seize More of Gaza, Israel Expands Attacks on Palestinians Near \u201cYellow Line\u201d<\/a> (Drop Site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Critics are concerned about &#8220;the use of large language models without human oversight in decisions that involve the use of force, detention or \u201chigh-consequence actions&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/5928204-pentagon-musk-grok-chatbot-iran-strikes\/\">Pentagon AI Chief: Musk\u2019s Grok Chatbot Used to Launch Thousands of Missiles at Iran<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Trump took particular issue with Netanyahu\u2019s continuing attacks against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/israel\/us-iran-ceasefire-deal-memorandum-israel-netanyahu-hezbollah-lebanon-rcna350085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon<\/a>, where more than 1 million have been driven from their homes and more than 3,500 people have died&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/israel\/israel-iran-deal-trump-criticizes-netanyahu-mou-rcna350488\">Israel Cut Out of Iran Deal as Trump Keeps Deriding Netanyahu in Public<\/a> (NBC News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hours after an outdated version of the 14-point agreement was leaked to some media outlets, a senior U.S. administration official read out the memorandum&#8221;: Read the Full Text of the 14-Point Agreement Between the U.S. and Iran (Time) &#8220;The U.S. and Iran have remotely signed their memorandum of understanding to end the war and open [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94964"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94967,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94964\/revisions\/94967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}