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De Amerikaanse vicepresident JD Vance is naar Zwitserland vertrokken voor gesprekken met Iran, meldt zijn woordvoerder. Vance zei tegen journalisten te hopen ‘vooruitgang’ te boeken als het gaat om het stoppen van de aanvallen op Libanon en het Iraanse nucleaire programma. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

Jérémy Doku zal zondag niet meedoen bij België in het WK-duel met Iran. De steraanvaller kampt nog steeds met een luchtweginfectie en wordt daarom buiten de selectie gehouden.

As a follow-up to the signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, technical-level talks between the United States and Iran will be held in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, on Sunday.

Deşi acordul semnat recent între Statele Unite şi Iran este prezentat de autorităţile de la Teheran drept o victorie diplomatică majoră, opoziţia internă din partea facţiunilor ultraconservatoare ameninţă să complice implementarea înţelegerii şi să creeze noi tensiuni în interiorul regimului.

Iran zegt wel een onderhandelingsteam naar Zwitserland te sturen voor gesprekken met de VS. Het Amerikaanse leger stelt dat de zeestraat nog steeds open is

Earlier this week, the US and Iran finally reached an agreement to stop the war. Pakistan, which played a central role in said agreement has been acknowledged and praised by the international community. But is this where it ends for the country? Or can the Shehbaz-led government convert the diplomatic visibility and influence into that rare opening that actually guarantees dividends? Before we answer that question, however, it is important to acknowledge that the agreement, brokered after weeks of intense diplomacy between the United States and Iran, is not a peace treaty. It is an interim framework that has merely paused a dangerous confrontation and created a 60-day negotiating window during which the most difficult questions, including sanctions relief, nuclear restrictions, and regional security arrangements, will have to be addressed. The fragility of the arrangement was evident even before its conclusion, with disagreements linked to Lebanon threatening to derail the process at a late stage, and Qatar e...

United States President Donald Trump has said that Pakistan “really helped” Washington with the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran. He made the remarks during an interview with American news outlet Axios. During the interview, the US president was asked about which global leaders he “liked”. In addition to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump talked about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, before mentioning Pakistan’s leadership. “In Pakistan, you have the field marshal, who is great. Munir, he’s great. And you have the prime minister, and they just get along great … He totally respects the prime minister. It’s a beautiful thing to see,” he said, talking about Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir. “But they really helped us with this deal. They knew the Iranians, they knew the people and they were good,” he said. During the interview, Trump was also asked about the lessons he had learned about the “li...

De speciale gezant van de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff, is op weg naar Zwitserland voor de eerste ronde van gesprekken met Iran over een mogelijke nucleaire deal. Dat meldt nieuwssite Axios op basis van een Amerikaanse functionaris. Trumps schoonzoon Jared Kushner is volgens Axios al in Zwitserland voor de gesprekken. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

The economic benefits promised to Tehran are the prize for conducting successful negotiations with President Trump, who decided to cut his losses. However, the strategic outcomes are far more significant: Iran will be able to return to the international community as a legitimate power

United States Vice President JD Vance is poised to take on his biggest role yet on the international stage as President Donald Trump’s chief negotiator to end the three-month war with Iran, a moment ​that could shape Vance’s prospects as a White House successor. The two nations agreed to a provisional peace agreement on Wednesday that suspended hostilities but left core issues unresolved, deferring decisions on Iran’s ‌nuclear programme, its support for regional groups and the economically vital Strait of Hormuz to 60 days of talks. The discussions are a high-risk scenario for all sides in the conflict, the broader Middle East, and for Vance’s political ambitions. And the situation remains fluid: Vance cancelled a planned Thursday night flight to Switzerland for the start of talks, though the White House said the US delegation is “prepared to depart at the first available opportunity”. The fast-moving developments coincide with the publication of Vance’s book on his conversion to Catholicism, Communion, and a...

Despite the temptation of schadenfreude over Netanyahu's personal and political debacle, there's limited satisfaction. The emerging U.S.-Iran agreement is the rare case when 'bad for Bibi' is also no good for Israel

U.S.-Iran talks in Switzerland were canceled after a dispute over a Lebanon-related clause in the agreement, a diplomatic source told Haaretz, as Lebanese media reported at least 16 killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon

Iran zegt te werken aan snelle vergunningen voor alle schepen die door de Straat van Hormuz willen varen. Die belangrijke zeestraat is volgens afspraken met de Verenigde Staten weer geopend, maar Iran adviseert schepen om zich te houden aan het tijdslot en de route die ze krijgen toegewezen. Volg alle ontwikkelingen in het Midden-Oosten in ons liveblog.

Israeli officials worry that a final deal after the memorandum's 60-day negotiation period is over will allow Iran to retain diluted uranium, which will allow it to build a nuclear weapon at some point in the future

United States Vice President JD Vance on Thursday issued a rare rebuke of Israel during a White House press briefing, criticising Israeli lawmakers who had opposed the memorandum of understanding signed between the United States and Iran. Under the deal, the two sides have agreed on a framework to end the war, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a 60-day timeline for further talks. Vance’s comments come amid rising tensions between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world,” Vance told reporters. “Anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the president of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation.” Talking about the MoU itself, the vice president noted that Iran will “have to perform” and honour its end of the deal. “If they don’t perform as we’ve said before, they don’t get any of the bene...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday told Iran’s President Dr Masoud Pezeshkian that the recently signed ‘Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding’ (MoU) between Washington and Tehran would “go a long way towards” rebuilding Iran. According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the premier made the remarks during a phone call with the Iranian president that lasted over 30 minutes. This was the first contact between the two leaders since the signing of the historic Islamabad MoU today, after the 14-point agreement was reached earlier on Monday. Under the deal, the two sides have agreed on a framework to end the war, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a 60-day timeline for further talks. The prime minister congratulated Pezeshkian, the Iranian leadership and the “brotherly people of Iran on the signing of the historic peace deal”, said the PMO in an official press release. “The landmark deal, he said, would not only help restore peace in the region, but also go a long way in rebuilding the Iranian nation a...

The U.S. vice president criticized Israeli far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir and other Israeli officials for their response to the emerging agreement with Iran

Pakistan announced Thursday that a landmark memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran has entered into force with immediate effect, marking what Islamabad described as a major diplomatic breakthrough aimed at defusing regional tensions.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said early on Thursday that the ‘Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding’ (MoU) between the United States and Iran had been signed electronically by both sides. “The memorandum has been signed by honourable presidents of both the countries and also endorsed by me as the mediator. The signing of this agreement at the highest level of the respective governments demonstrates the commitment of both sides to a diplomatic resolution of the conflict,” he said in a post on the social media platform X. He added that the MoU shall “enter into force with immediate effect and as a first step, Islamic Republic of Iran will instantly reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States of America will immediately lift the naval blockade”. US President Donald Trump put his signature to the memorandum of understanding during a candlelit dinner at the Palace of Versailles following a G7 summit, as host French President Emmanuel Macron and other guests applauded, a video posted by a Trump aide showed. ...

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