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  • A woman waves an Iranian flag during a pro-government campaign as a portrait of the slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28, is displayed at rear, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • In this photo released by the Pakistan Prime Minister Office, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks on the U.S.'s conflict with Iran, during a assembly session in the parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • People who return to their village following the announcement of an initial ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran, gather with journalists at a destroyed street in Beer al-Salassel, south Lebanon, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Photo: AP)

What to know about the deal to end the Iran war

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ISLAMABAD, June 16, 2026 (AP) — Iran and the United States are trumpeting their tentative agreement aimed at ending their war as a victory. But so far there is no word on what’s actually in it. The memorandum of understanding, brokered mainly by Pakistan, starts with the simultaneous lifting of Iran’s closure of the Strait

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Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

UN human rights chief welcomes US-Iran deal, urges restraint in the region

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GENEVA, June 15 (Reuters) – The United Nations’ human rights chief ​on Monday welcomed the announcement of a peace ‌deal between the United States and Iran, and urged for maximum restraint by all sides in the region. “I welcome the announcement that the ​United States and Iran have agreed on a ​peace deal that provides

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  • A woman waves an Iranian flags as she chants slogans against Iran and U.S. talks at the Islamic Revolution square in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • Members of the Lebanese Army Intelligence stand guard in front of an apartment that was struck in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • Pedestrians walk past a poster showing the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini on a sidewalk at the Islamic Revolution square in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • Lebanese soldiers stand guard at the site of an Israeli airstrike that struck an apartment in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (Photo: AP)
  • People gather at the site of an Israeli airstrike that struck an apartment in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (Photo: AP)

A tentative deal is reached to end the Iran war and Trump orders a stop to the US naval blockade

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ISLAMABAD, June 15, 2026 (AP) — The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement early Monday to open the Strait of Hormuz and further extend a shaky ceasefire in the Iran war, potentially allowing desperately needed oil and natural gas to reach the global market. Details of the deal were not immediately released and

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Saleswomen sells gold jewellery at a jewellery store in Guwahati, Assam, India. (Photo: Getty Image)

Gold rebounds Rs 3,000; silver rallies Rs 10,000 as easing US-Iran tensions revive bullion demand

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New Delhi, Jun 12 (PTI) Gold prices rebounded by Rs 3,000 to Rs 1.56 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday, and silver advanced by Rs 10,000 to Rs 2.55 lakh per kilogram as signs of a diplomatic breakthrough in the US-Iran standoff rekindled interest in the precious metals. According to local

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