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Israel-Iran live news: Iranian nuclear program could restart in months, Pentagon finds, as fragile ceasefire holds

ByAdam Fulton

Report says program likely set back only a few months; Iran and Israel both say they will honour truce if other side does after Donald Trump expresses frustration at violationsSee all our Middle East coverageDonald Trump has blasted CNN and the New Yor…

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Trump claims Iran’s nuclear capabilities ‘obliterated’ despite UN watchdog comments – as it happened

ByAdam Fulton

This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereAt the Nato summit in the Netherlands, tensions between Israel and Iran could dominate discussions among world leaders amid the fragile ceasefire.Keir Starmer, the British prime minister…

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The Guardian view on Trump’s vacillating approach to Iran: a ceasefire is welcome, but the danger isn’t over | Editorial

ByEditorial

Better diplomacy than war, but the US president’s inconsistency and Benjamin Netanyahu’s political needs increase the dangers in this Middle East crisisDonald Trump declared a ceasefire that would last “for ever”. Or perhaps not. Within hours, he …

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‘A pause before something worse’: Iranians wary of what future holds

ByShah Meer Baloch, Deepa Parent and Julian Borger

From renewed conflict to a resurgent regime, people tell of their fears, concerns … and a glimmer of hopePeople from the Tehran area said the hours of darkness before Donald Trump’s ceasefire took hold were the most terrifying of the war as Israel inte…

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Israel, US and Iran all claim to have won the war, but who has really gained?

ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem

The Iranian nuclear programme has been set back, but it may also have been entrenched and invigoratedMiddle East crisis – live updatesTo the surprise of almost no one, all sides declared victory as they formally accepted Donald Trump’s announcement of …

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Fragile Israel-Iran truce appears to hold after Trump’s fury at initial violations

ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem

US president at one point called Benjamin Netanyahu to order him to scale down an Israeli airstrikeMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe shaky truce between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding on Tuesday evening after an extraordinary day in which a …

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Trump is not interested in listening to US experts on Iran’s nuclear program

ByJames Risen

The US president is more willing to listen to Israel than his predecessors were and is also deeply suspicious of the CIAWhen Donald Trump ordered the US military to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities over the weekend, the debate among intelligence official…

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Israel agrees to deepen ‘close’ security cooperation with US – as it happened

ByKate Lamb

This blog is now closed. Our live coverage continues hereAs dawn broke in Israel and Iran, confusion reigned as to whether the two countries were still at war. Israelis, who fell asleep to the news that a ceasefire had been agreed to, woke up to four c…

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Trump announces Iran-Israel ceasefire : what we know so far

ByGuardian staff

In a post on social media, the US president announced an imminent cessation of hostilities, hours after Iran launched missiles at a US base in QatarIsrael-Iran war: Trump declares ceasefire – live updatesFull report: Trump says Israel and Iran have neg…

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Trump says Israel and Iran have negotiated ‘complete’ ceasefire

ByAndrew Roth and Hugo Lowell in Washington, and Julian Borger in Jerusalem

President on Truth Social says ceasefire will start in coming hours but no immediate response from Israel or IranDonald Trump has claimed that Israel and Iran have negotiated a ceasefire, halting a two-week-old war that has killed hundreds in tit-for-t…