What we know about an Iran deal
6/15/20269 min
After months of war and deadlocked negotiations, President Donald Trump announced Sunday on social media that he’d struck a deal with Iran.
According to Trump and Iranian officials, the deal would open the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting on all fronts, including between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
But Israel, the US partner in this war, isn't a party to this agreement -- and Israeli officials have said that their forces in Lebanon are not going anywhere.
What could these dynamics mean for the agreement? NPR correspondents explain what we know about the tentative deal.
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First 90 secondsScott Detrow· Host0:00
It's Consider This, where every day we go deep on one big news story. Today, what we know about an Iran deal. After months of war and deadlocked negotiations, President Donald Trump announced Sunday on social media he has struck a deal with Iran.
Donald Trump· Soundbite0:14
The Iran deal that we made is gonna bring a lot of, uh, a lot of success to the world, because the oil was really clogged up there for a while.
Scott Detrow· Host0:24
That was Trump speaking today in France ahead of the G7 summit. According to Trump and Iranian officials, the deal would open the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting on all fronts, including between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. But Israel, the US partner in this war, is not a party to this agreement, and Israeli officials have said that their forces in Lebanon are not going anywhere. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to comment on the deal. Trump says a final agreement would limit Iran to enrich uranium for, quote, "non-military purposes forever."
Donald Trump· Soundbite0:56
This is a very powerful document. It's not like the Obama document, which was just a terrible document. This is a very powerful document, and I want it to be released, so probably pretty soon. I would say, uh, after, sometime after Friday.
Scott Detrow· Host1:12
Consider this. Trump says the long-sought deal to end the US-Israel war with Iran is imminent, but without Israel on board, will it actually stick? [gentle music] From NPR, I'm Scott Detrow.
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