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On 15 June 2026, Washington and Tehran unveiled a Pakistan-brokered memorandum halting combat immediately, scheduling the Strait’s full reopening after a 19 June signing in Geneva, and launching 60-day negotiations toward a permanent deal.
Washington and Tehran electronically sealed a non-binding 60-day memorandum that lifts mutual blockades and commits to clearing mines so the Strait of Hormuz is fully traffic-ready by 19 June 2026.
Washington and Tehran ended their 107-day war by unveiling a cease-fire and blockade-lifting deal that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz once formally signed on 19 June in Geneva.
On 12 June 2026, hours after Islamabad announced a completed draft peace accord, President Trump publicly rejected the version of the deal leaked by Iranian media, exposing stark discrepancies just days before the mooted signing.
In the night of 14-15 June 2026, Russia unleashed its largest strike in two weeks—70 missiles and 611 drones—one of which ignited the 11th-century UNESCO-listed Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, killing nine and thrusting cultural heritage into the war’s front line.
In a 12 June 2026 closed-door briefing, Washington told NATO it will immediately cut roughly one-third of its Europe-based fighter jets, halve its dedicated bomber force, and remove submarines and tanker aircraft from alliance crisis plans, reallocating those assets toward the Indo-Pacific theater.
On 14 June 2026 President Trump announced a memorandum to end the four-month Iran war would be electronically signed the next day, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while Iranian officials publicly rejected any Sunday signing and hard-liners protested in Tehran.
Washington and mediator Pakistan announced an electronic signing of a cease-fire framework with Iran for 14 June 2026, but Tehran publicly said the memorandum would not be inked that day, exposing a last-minute gap in timing and terms.
On 13 June 2026, the EU’s 27 ambassadors unanimously lifted the Hungarian block and approved opening the ‘Fundamentals’ cluster of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, with the first Inter-Governmental Conference set for 15 June.
On 12 June 2026, mere hours after ordering “very hard” attacks and pledging to capture Iran’s oil-export hub Kharg Island, President Trump cancelled the strikes, claiming top-level Iranian assent to a yet-unsigned cease-fire deal.
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