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13.06.2026 16:30 Iranian officials on Friday confirmed that negotiations have moved closer to a potential Memorandum of Understanding with the US, reporting progress on major parts of a draft agreement while reaffirming Tehran's strict adherence to its red lines.

13.06.2026 16:30 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says a memorandum of understanding with the United States has never been closer to completion, signaling significant progress in ongoing talks between the two sides.

13.06.2026 16:30 An informed source close to the Iranian negotiating team has strongly rejected recent claims by US President Donald Trump and certain foreign media outlets that a final agreement is ready to be signed in the Swiss city of Geneva on Sunday.

13.06.2026 16:30 A senior Iranian Army commander has vowed that Iran will exact vengeance for the 104 sailors martyred in the unprovoked US torpedo attack on the frigate Dena, describing the assault as a cowardly act of terrorism that international bodies have refused to condemn.

13.06.2026 16:30 The reported Iran-US ceasefire memorandum, based on Tehran's previously disclosed 14-point proposal, is nearing completion but still requires final approval by Iran's competent authorities, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported.

13.06.2026 16:30 A source close to Iran's negotiating team has released new details of a reported 14-point draft memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States, Mehr News Agency reports.

13.06.2026 16:30 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei confirmed that the text of the memorandum of understanding with the United States has been agreed upon on its main points.

13.06.2026 16:30 The United Nations continues to monitor developments amid conflicting reports on Friday of a possible ceasefire deal between the United States and Iran, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General said in New York.

13.06.2026 16:30 When asked by a foreign reporter to comment on the US Department of the Treasury's announcement of sanctions against nine individuals and entities from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for allegedly providing support to the Iranian military in procuring weapons, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Friday that "we will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and nationals."

13.06.2026 16:30 Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says a final text for a peace agreement between Iran and the United States has been reached and that Islamabad is working with both sides to "finalize the next steps."

13.06.2026 16:30 Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Islamabad's mediators believed a final text of an agreement to end the Middle East war had been reached and were working with both sides "to finalize the next steps," despite what he described as an "incessant misinformation campaign being waged by those who want to sabotage the peace deal."

13.06.2026 16:30 India's foreign minister has called his US counterpart in a "strong protest" after US strikes hit three mainly Indian-crewed merchant ships off the coast of Oman, killing three sailors as part of the American blockade of Iranian ports.

13.06.2026 16:30 New Delhi has strongly protested the illegal US military attacks targeting Indian-manned merchant vessels.

13.06.2026 16:30 Avtandil Kalandadze, 47, the former ship master of a ghost fleet tanker that historically transported Iran- and Venezuela-origin oil for the ultimate benefit of U.S. adversaries, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for refusing to obey orders from the U.S. Coast Guard during a multi-week pursuit from the Caribbean Sea through to the North Atlantic Ocean.

13.06.2026 16:30 Efforts to reach a preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran have intensified despite a spate of military exchanges between the two sides that have shaken an already fragile cease-fire.