{"id":213947,"date":"2026-06-16T00:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-us-agree-tentative-deal-to-end-war-your-questions-answered-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T00:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:37:18","slug":"iran-us-agree-tentative-deal-to-end-war-your-questions-answered-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-us-agree-tentative-deal-to-end-war-your-questions-answered-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran, US agree tentative deal to \u2018end war\u2019: Your questions answered – Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uncertainty remains over whether Israel will honour the agreement.<\/em>
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United States President Donald Trump has announced what he has described as a \u201cgreat deal\u201d to end the war with Iran as officials in Tehran and Washington outline an agreement that would bring an immediate halt to hostilities after more than 100 days of conflict<\/a>.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said a signing ceremony for the agreement will take place in Switzerland on Friday.
Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council said the deal includes an immediate suspension of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon, nearly one-fifth of whose territory Israel currently occupies.
\u201cBased on the agreements reached, the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, will end immediately and permanently as of tonight, and in addition, the naval blockade against Iran will end immediately and completely,\u201d it said on Sunday in a statement.
Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran\u2019s deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, said negotiations for a final agreement would continue for 60 days.
Meanwhile, Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu \u201cshould be very thankful\u201d to the US for securing the deal as the president criticised Israeli strikes on the southern suburbs of Lebanon\u2019s capital, Beirut, on Sunday, which he told US media had nearly derailed the agreement.
The announcement was welcomed by financial markets while Trump urged ships stranded due to the Strait of Hormuz closure to \u201cstart their engines\u201d as expectations grew that shipping through the waterway would resume.
Initially, however, the opening of the strait will be \u201cfor purposes of mine removal\u201d, Trump said in a social media post, rather than general shipping.
Analysts said the agreement appears likely to reduce immediate violence, reopen shipping lanes and provide space for further negotiations. However, significant questions remain over whether Israel will abide by the agreement and what will be decided about Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, sanctions relief, the future of the Strait of Hormuz and the fate of Iran\u2019s regional allies, including Hezbollah.
Here is what we know so far:
It is unclear.
The White House has not yet released the reported 14-point memorandum of understanding while details published by Iran\u2019s Mehr news agency have not been independently verified by Al Jazeera.
While Iran said the agreement includes a ceasefire by Israel in Lebanon, it is not yet known whether this would also require Israel\u2019s full withdrawal from the large swath of southern Lebanon that it occupies.
More than 3,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since early March and more than one million people have been displaced from their homes.
On Monday, however, Israel\u2019s Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement: \u201cPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I are pursuing a clear policy under which the [military] will remain in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza for an unlimited period of time in order to protect the border and Israeli communities from there against jihadist elements.\u201d <\/span>
Some analysts said Sunday\u2019s attack by Israel on Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs was an attempt to gain leverage before the deal took effect and reinforced Israel\u2019s longstanding position that attacks on Israel from Lebanon by the Iran-backed group Hezbollah would be met with attacks on Beirut. Iranian officials, however, suggested the attack backfired, claiming it accelerated negotiations with Washington and helped secure additional concessions from Trump in exchange for Tehran not retaliating.
On Sunday, the US news website Axios reported that Trump criticised Netanyahu, using his nickname when he told it : \u201cWhy did Bibi have to do a f****** attack? I was so p***** off. I let him know. He has no f****** judgement. I let him know that.\u201d
\u201cIt shook it [the deal] up. It delayed the signing by a few hours. It was supposed to be now. Now it is scheduled for a few hours from now,\u201d Axios quoted Trump as saying in a phone call.
Gideon Levy, a columnist for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, warned that Lebanon could become the biggest challenge facing the agreement.
\u201cIt\u2019s very, very fragile,\u201d he told Al Jazeera. \u201cOne of the biggest challenges of the agreement with Iran is the situation in Lebanon because the Iranians succeeded in creating a total linkage between Lebanon and the agreement, and now, really, I don\u2019t see how it will work because Israel is still in Lebanon, has no intention to withdraw from Lebanon and, as long as the troops are there, there will be no \u2018total ceasefire\u2019.\u201d
He described Sunday\u2019s strikes on Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs as \u201cridiculous, childish attacks\u201d, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s very clear that Israel only lost in this game.\u201d
The agreement has intensified criticism of Netanyahu at home. Opponents from both sides of the political spectrum argued that Israel has failed to achieve its core objectives in the US-Israel war on Iran.
Levy told Al Jazeera the agreement is widely seen in Israel as \u201cthe defeat of Israel and the personal defeat of Netanyahu\u201d.
\u201cIran was Netanyahu\u2019s life project,\u201d Levy said, arguing that Israel was \u201ctotally excluded from the negotiations\u201d and was left trying to influence events from the sidelines.
Yair Golan, leader of Israel\u2019s centre-left Democrats party, described the deal as \u201cthe culmination of many years of failure\u201d, adding that Netanyahu was \u201cending his tenure with Israel\u2019s enemies stronger\u201d.
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir argued that Israel is \u201cnot partners to this agreement, which does not safeguard our security. We must not withdraw from any territory [in Lebanon] that our fighters have captured.\u201d
Early reports also indicated there is no mention of disarming Hezbollah, one of Israel\u2019s stated strategic goals, while its efforts to separate the Lebanon conflict from the broader confrontation with Iran also appear to have been unsuccessful.
Israel and Lebanon are due to hold another round of talks in Washington, DC, on June 22 pegged to an earlier ceasefire that was not respected by Israel. Hezbollah has not been included in their talks.
Meanwhile, Israel\u2019s other objectives, such as toppling the Iranian government, have not come to fruition either.
According to Iran\u2019s Mehr News Agency, the reported 14-point draft agreement envisages a final settlement on nuclear issues within 60 days. Trump told The New York Times that a final agreement would limit Iran to enriching uranium at levels that \u201ccould never be used by the military\u201d.
Asked whether the arrangement would mirror the 2015 nuclear deal that US President Barack Obama\u2019s administration reached with Iran, which capped uranium enrichment at 3.67 percent, Trump said only that Iran would be able to enrich uranium \u201cfor nonmilitary purposes. Forever.\u201d
Uranium needs to be enriched to 3 to 5 percent for nuclear power purposes. It has to be 90 percent enriched to reach weapons grade. Iran is believed to have about 440kg (970lb) of uranium enriched to 60 percent, the point at which it becomes much quicker to reach 90 percent. The question of what to do with this stockpile has been a major sticking point in negotiations between Iran and the US.
The US president also warned that military action could resume if negotiations on a final nuclear agreement fail.
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One of the biggest questions surrounding the deal is what happens to Iran\u2019s ballistic missile programme and its network of regional allies.
In a March interview with Time magazine, Trump said one of his objectives for Iran was \u201cto dismantle its ballistic missile programme\u201d.
When announcing that the US-Israel war on Iran had begun on February 28, he said the US would \u201cdestroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground\u201d.
Trump also repeatedly linked Iran\u2019s missile programme to its regional allies, saying military action would target Iran\u2019s missile capabilities, naval forces and \u201cterrorist proxies\u201d.
During the war, US negotiating positions reportedly included demands for Iran to halt support for groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen and a range of armed groups in Iraq and Syria.
However, according to reports from Mehr, discussions concerning Iran\u2019s missile programme and support for allied groups have been removed from the negotiating agenda.
If accurate, that would represent a significant concession from Washington. Hezbollah, the Houthis and allied Iraqi armed groups remain active while no publicly available details suggested they would be dismantled as part of the deal.<\/p>\n

The Strait of Hormuz remains at the heart of the agreement. Reopening the vital waterway, through which about one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies were shipped before the war, quickly became one of Trump\u2019s top strategic priorities.
\u201cCongratulations to all! I hereby fully authorise the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorise the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade,\u201d Trump wrote on social media.
Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council similarly said the agreement provides for the immediate lifting of the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, which was imposed during the conflict and which Washington said was intended to restrict Iranian trade and its ability to profit from the sale of oil.
Mehr reported that the draft agreement includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of the blockade within 30 days and a US commitment to withdraw forces deployed around Iran.
Trump added that the strait\u2019s reopening would be for the purposes of \u201cmine removal\u201d at first, leaving it unclear when exactly full-scale commercial shipping would resume.
Rockford Weitz, professor of practice in maritime studies at Tufts University\u2019s Fletcher School, told Al Jazeera the first priority would, indeed, be clearing mines from shipping lanes.
\u201cThe shipping industry has to have the confidence to go,\u201d he told Al Jazeera. \u201cOnce ships start flowing, a few will go at first, and then more will follow if all goes well.\u201d
However, even under the most optimistic scenario, Weitz said, it could take months before shipping returns to normal levels. \u201cThis has been a much longer disruption in shipping than anyone expected,\u201d he said. \u201cThe shipping industry is going to be hesitant at first to go fully in.\u201d
The question of whether shipping will be able to pass through as freely as before the war also remains. Iran has raised the possibility of charging fees for ships to traverse the strait in the past. While tolls for passage are not permitted in natural straits under international law, countries through whose territorial waters they pass can charge for services rendered to ships.
On Monday, Iran\u2019s Fars news agency reported that Tehran had added the imposition of maritime service fees in Hormuz in the final moments of negotiations for the deal.
\u201cThe use of the term \u2018maritime services\u2019 means that the United States has accepted that fees will be paid to Iran,\u201d it said, quoting \u201can informed source\u201d.
Not immediately, it seems.
Sanctions relief is expected to form a major part of the next phase of the negotiations. According to Mehr, the draft agreement includes a suspension of restrictions on Iranian oil sales. However, there has so far been no indication of whether broader financial sanctions, including those affecting Iran\u2019s banking sector, will be eased.
Trump told The New York Times that full sanctions relief could be withheld if Iranian authorities violently suppress antigovernment protests despite such a condition not appearing in the reported draft agreement, according to Mehr.
European countries have also said they are willing to lift sanctions but that will depend on progress on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme. \u201cIran must never acquire a nuclear weapon,\u201d the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom said in a joint statement.
\u201cWe stand ready to work with the US, Iran and the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] to this end.\u201d
Another controversial aspect of the agreement has been the release of frozen Iranian assets, which Iran said it needs to pay for reconstruction after US-Israeli bombardment across the country.
Mehr reported that the draft agreement includes the release of $24bn in frozen Iranian assets during the 60-day negotiating period.
The agency added that final negotiations would not begin until half of those assets had been released and restrictions affecting the Strait of Hormuz had been lifted.
US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that frozen funds would not automatically be released once a deal is signed, adding\u00a0that economic benefits would be tied to Iranian compliance with its commitments.
The issue has attracted particular attention after a Reuters news agency report<\/a> that the United Arab Emirates was considering unlocking billions of dollars linked to Iran following weeks of regional instability. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs later denied the report.
Reuters said it could not determine whether the funds in question belonged to the UAE or were frozen Iranian assets held in Emirati banks.
One source familiar with the discussions told Reuters the arrangement could provide a face-saving solution for both sides with Iran able to claim it extracted compensation for war damage while Washington can insist it paid nothing.
Trump has repeatedly stressed the importance of restarting energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, posting on Sunday before oil markets were due to open: \u201cShips of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!\u201d
On Monday morning, financial markets reacted positively to news of the agreement.
Oil prices fell sharply with Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, dropping about 4 percent to just under $84 a barrel, one of its lowest levels since the war began. At various points during the war, prices had exceeded $100 a barrel, compared with the pre-war price of $66.
US stock futures also rose with contracts linked to the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indices gaining roughly 1 percent and 1.6 percent.
Khoon Goh, head of Asia research at the banking group ANZ, said markets had already begun pricing in a deal before the official announcement. \u201cWhile markets had already reacted late last week when President Trump indicated that a deal was close, actual confirmation spurred a further rally,\u201d he told Al Jazeera.
\u201cThe fall in oil prices will provide some relief for central banks around the world who were worried about the inflation outlook. Focus now turns to the US Federal Reserve, which decides on interest rates this week.\u201d
Despite the immediate optimism, economists warned that the economic effects of the conflict will linger. Shipping disruptions, supply chain delays and damage to energy infrastructure across the Gulf are expected to continue affecting global markets for months.
\u201cProduction facilities of both oil and gas have been damaged in a number of Gulf countries, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait,\u201d Weitz said. \u201cI think we\u2019re definitely looking at months before we get to pre-war levels, and that\u2019s with a very important caveat that assumes everything goes well, smoothly and stably.\u201d<\/p>\n

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