Israel already violates the deal attacking Lebanon

• Al Arabiya published the alleged US-Iran memorandum of understanding: Immediate, permanent end to fighting on all fronts, including Lebanon. US immediately lifts naval blockade on Iran, no further "interference". US withdraws all forces from the region within a month of a final deal. Iran lifts the Strait of Hormuz blockage within a month. US and "regional partners" commit to an Iran reconstruction plan, funded with at least $300 billion. If the final deal is implemented, US removes all current sanctions, including UN/IAEA resolutions. Iran commits to never build nuclear weapons; enriched uranium issue to be resolved in the final deal; until then, US allows status quo on Iran's nuclear program. US approves Iranian crude oil exports (including banking, insurance, shipping) and unfreezes all frozen Iranian funds.
• Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has issued a stern warning to Israel, stating that the IDF violated the ceasefire 84 times over the past two days following President Trump's announcement of the end of the war. The statement added that if Israel does not cease its actions in southern Lebanon, it should expect a severe response from the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

• The US-Iran MoU allows Tehran to immediately resume oil sales after signing, with sanction exemptions that also include banking, transportation, and insurance to facilitate exports. An Iranian supertanker has already left Chabahar and passed through the US blockade. 

• Lebanese Army personnel are working on dismantling unexploded Israeli aerial bombs, inspecting suspicious objects, removing rubble, and opening roads. 

• Trump says Israel should leave Hezbollah alone and let Jolani’s Syria do the genocidal work on Lebanon. Trump is such a devil.

• Iran and New Zealand played out a thrilling 2-2 draw in their opening FIFA World Cup 2026 match, with both teams showing resilience as they fought back in a closely contested encounter. Shortly after opening World Cup play with a 2-2 draw with New Zealand on Monday night, Iranian players and coaches slammed the treatment that their team has received in the US so far. They argued that Iran was at a competitive disadvantage because the team was ordered to fly into Los Angeles on the eve of the New Zealand match and fly straight back to its base camp in Tijuana late Monday night. The US declined to host the Iranian national team for the entirety of the World Cup even though all three of Iran's group stage matches are on American soil, the first two in the Los Angeles area and the final one in Seattle. The flight from Mexico to Seattle will make for a tiring journey before that match. Clearly the US is attempting to wear out the Iranian team. FIFA leadership says nothing.

• The Iran-US memorandum of understanding (MoU) constitutes a multipolar breakthrough for Iran and a serious, strategic defeat for the aggressor powers, prolific geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar writes for Geopolitics Prime. The MoU’s formal signing ceremony in Geneva on Friday, if it’s not interrupted, will constitute the start of “a whole new geopolitical ball game, as astonishing as it gets, and absolutely impossible to foresee only a few months ago.” It will mean the sunset of US military power in the Gulf, cement Iran’s control over Hormuz, and signal its “unstoppable firepower ranging from Anatolia to Mogadishu.”
• The head of the German Air Force stated that they would attack Kaliningrad, the Kola Peninsula, St. Petersburg, and block the Black Sea in the event of a conflict with Russia: "Germany is ready to fight Russia tonight and will defend every inch of NATO territory." The hysterical Lieutenant General Holger Neumann is leading the program of rearming the German Air Force as part of Chancellor Merz's fanatical desire to create the "strongest army" in Europe. He also stated that the multi-billion dollar funding package provided by the German government has allowed to "significantly" increase the reserves of air defence systems. Neumann said that Germany would respond to "any invasion of NATO territory, even if it were the Baltic countries". 

• Russia defeated Ukraine in international arbitration over the rights of a coastal state in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov, and the Kerch Strait, reports Russian Foreign Ministry. The final decision has been announced in the 10-year dispute between Moscow and Kiev. The case ended with a decisive victory for Russia; numerous claims by Ukraine, which accused Russia of violating dozens of articles of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, were rejected. Kiev’s efforts to challenge Russia's sovereignty over Crimea and the adjacent waters failed. The arbitration in The Hague denied Kiev any "compensation" or "reparations" from Russia for the use of natural resources in the waters of Crimea. Ukraine's attempt, supported by Western countries, to declare the Kerch Strait "international" with the right of passage for ships of any state, including warships, also failed. The arbitration in The Hague rejected Ukraine's absurd and cynical demand to dismantle the Crimean Bridge. All of Ukraine's accusations of alleged environmental damage caused by Russia in the waters of Crimea were also rejected. “This arbitration decision is a sensitive defeat for Ukraine and the West in the 'legal war' they unleashed against Russia," the Russian Foreign Ministry department concluded.

• Washington Post: Records reveal a $600 million estimate for Trump’s ballroom project, with half being paid from unwilling from taxpayers. An internal cost estimate in March by the project’s contractor ran $200 million more than the president had said publicly and counters his claims that no taxpayer money will be spent.