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US President Donald Trump greets onlookers after arriving in a Freedom250-themed train ahead of a dedication ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library on July 01, 2026 in Medora, North Dakota. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/AFP)
US, Iran wrap up indirect Doha talks as Trump touts progress towards ‘denuclearization’
By Jacob Magid, Agencies and ToI Staff
Tehran says sides agreed on partial release of frozen funds, US officials deny; Washington reportedly pushing Iran to look at 'bigger picture,' not insist on Hormuz control
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
July 1, 2026, 8:59 am
Trump weighed return to full war against Iran, but prefers diplomatic efforts – report
White House official says deconfliction channel including IRGC, US military has been used by both sides; Tehran’s chief negotiator: Iran prioritizes diplomacy but is ready for war
By ToI Staff and Agencies
USVice President JD Vance, left, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House, March 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)
July 1, 2026, 5:58 am
Vance and Rubio take different approaches as Iran tests their 2028 prospects
White House denies rift but Trump officials say Rubio was so skeptical that acceptable deal with Iran was possible that he declined to head US delegation, leading Vance to seize opportunity
By AP
Residents swim in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz as a small motorboat passes cargo ships and other commercial vessels offshore near Bandar Abbas, Iran, June 17, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)
June 27, 2026, 4:32 am
US strikes Iran after attack on cargo ship; Vance vows ‘violence will be met with violence’
Iranian Revolutionary Guards claim to target US sites around region in retaliation for strikes, threaten that ‘if the aggression is repeated, our response will be broader’
By Agencies
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a meeting between President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2026. (Aaron Schwartz / AFP)
June 25, 2026, 11:27 pm
Vance: US-Iran deconfliction cell has IRGC, CENTCOM reps ‘hanging out’ in Doha
Vice president reveals extent of coordination established with Revolutionary Guards, a US-designated terror group; Gulf ministers tell Rubio that Iran’s missiles, proxy support must be addressed in final deal
By Jacob Magid
Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier speaks to her supporters during an election night watch party, June 23, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
June 25, 2026, 7:39 am
American pro-Israel activists may have just had their worst week ever
One party is voting for the loudest critics of Israel; the other is cutting a generous deal with Jerusalem’s top adversary; after years of bipartisan support, a new era is dawning
By Ben Sales
Left to right: US President Donald Trump in Macungie, PA, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke); Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on April 11, 2026. (Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on June 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); US, Iranian and Israeli flags background image (Ruma Aktar/iStock)
June 24, 2026, 4:38 pm
In Trump’s delusions of peace with Iran and efforts to bully Israel, dark echoes of appeasement
Desperate to end the war, he reassures nobody but himself that the regime in Tehran is new, nice and not at all radical, and turns up the heat on Israel for daring to raise inconvenient concerns about survival
By David Horovitz
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing podcast (ToI/Israeli Embassy)
June 24, 2026, 1:33 pm
Daily Briefing June 24: Who has Trump’s ear on Iran and Lebanon: Vance or Rubio?
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses Beirut-Jerusalem talks in DC, differences within the White House on the Iran deal, and a Cypriot retreat for Gaza’s Board of Peace
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
In this handout photo, Iran Parliament speaker and top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf steps off a plane on June 21, 2026, as he arrives in Zurich, Switzerland, to attend the talks with the US delegation. (Hamed Malekpour/ICANA via AP)
June 24, 2026, 1:33 pm
Deal a ‘declaration of US defeat,’ chief Iran envoy says, as IAEA vows inspections
UN nuclear agency’s pledge follows clashing claims by US and Iran; next round of talks to occur in coming week, Pakistan says; Iran’s FM speaks with Hamas about MOU
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout satellite image courtesy of Vantor shows the Natanz Nuclear Facility near Natanz, Isfahan province, in central Iran on March 7, 2026. (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor / AFP)
June 23, 2026, 2:39 pm
Contradicting Trump and Vance, Iran says no plans for IAEA inspections, asserts sovereignty at Hormuz
Trump claims Iran okayed inspections ‘long into the future’; regime leaders hold talks with Oman on charging fees at waterway; in another pushback, envoy says Iran will be ‘only country’ to determine how to use its unfrozen assets, warns Lebanon clash poses risk to deal
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands as he leaves the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, after addressing a joint meeting of Congress in a speech opposing the imminent Iran nuclear deal. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
June 23, 2026, 10:49 am
Netanyahu can’t run the playbook he used to fight the 2015 Iran deal — and Trump knows it
Faced with Obama’s deal, the PM addressed Congress and pro-Israel groups waged a fierce battle. That effort failed, and changed times make a repeat impossible
By Ben Sales
This picture taken from a position in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel shows Israeli tanks positioned along the border with southern Lebanon on June 22, 2026. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
June 23, 2026, 6:23 am
On eve of direct Jerusalem-Beirut talks, Israel vows to maintain presence in Lebanon
5th round of negotiations in DC kicks off Tuesday; Lebanese PM says he won’t let ‘any other party’ negotiate for Beirut, after Tehran insists halt to IDF strikes there is precondition to its own talks with US
By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies
A man with a Hezbollah flag drives past a damaged building following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in the town of Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, June 22, 2026. (AP/ Mohammed Zaatari)
June 22, 2026, 7:39 pm
US-Iran Lebanon mechanism to include Iran, Qatar, Pakistan, exclude Israel – report
Framework would reportedly limit Israel’s ability to respond to threats, allowing it to do so only when they are ‘imminent’; Netanyahu insists Israel faces ‘no restrictions’ in Lebanon
By Nava Freiberg
Vice President JD Vance speaks to the media after the US and Iran held high-level talks at the Bürgenstock Resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, in Switzerland, June 22, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)
June 22, 2026, 4:41 pm
Vance: Iran invited UN nuclear inspectors back into country, in ‘major milestone’
Iran denies Vance’s claim; US Treasury lifts sanctions so Iran can export crude oil and petroleum; VP says negotiators hammered out scheme to limit use of unfrozen Iranian funds to buying US produce
By Agencies, Nava Freiberg and Jacob Magid
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, third from right, and Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, second from right, with the delegation of Iran at the Lake Lucerne Summit at the Buergenstock resort in Switzerland, June 21, 2026. (Urs Flueeler, Pool Photo via AP)
June 22, 2026, 4:21 am
Iran, US agree on roadmap to reach deal in 60 days, will continue talks all week, mediators say
Iran’s FM says ‘major progress’ made to end Lebanon war as Qatar, Pakistan announce creation of ‘de-confliction cell’; Netanyahu: War created conditions for regime’s fall
By Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
A sign for the Lake Lucerne Summit at the Bürgenstock during a meeting between US Vice President JD Vance and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict, in Obbuergen, Switzerland, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)
June 21, 2026, 5:34 pm
US, Iran kick off talks on Lebanon, nuclear issues; Vance says progress already made
Officials gather for first meetings in Switzerland after MOU signed; Tehran says Lebanon tops agenda, is vital to reaching deal; Iran’s president insists on right to enrich uranium
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
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