Israel
Trump's Iran deal leaves Israel and Lebanon betrayed
Two very different scenes played out Monday as the US-Iran memorandum of understanding was signed.
Hours away from a deal
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A deal with Iran may be hours away, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday, raising hopes of a formal end to the Middle East conflict that has roiled global energy markets since February.
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A deal with Iran may be hours away, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday, raising hopes of a formal end to the Middle East conflict that has roiled global energy markets since February.
"I think it is perhaps possible that in the coming hours the world will receive good news," Rubio told journalists in New Delhi, where he is making his first visit to India.
The agreement under negotiation would address US concerns over the Strait of Hormuz, effectively blockaded by Iran since the conflict began on February 28, and launch what Rubio described as a process leading toward "a world that no longer has to fear or worry about an Iranian nuclear weapon."
President Donald Trump had already signalled progress on Saturday, writing on Truth Social that a deal had been "largely negotiated, subject to being finalised, between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the various other countries involved."
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