{"id":498348,"date":"2026-06-18T02:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/498348\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T02:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T02:54:12","slug":"live-updates-latest-from-israel-iran-and-middle-east-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/498348\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostIsraeli officials remain ‘frustrated’ over US-Iran agreement \u2022 Monthly record number of ships pass through Strait of Hormuz \u2022 Mike Pence, Nikki Haley slam Iran dealFollow us on Google<\/a>\"USUS President Donald Trump (front), who attended the G7 summit in France, boards Air Force One at Paris Orly Airport, 13 kilometres (8 miles) south of Paris, in the early hours of June 18, 2026.(photo credit: Mandel NGAN \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

June 18, 5:09 AM<\/p>\n

Pakistani PM Sharif congradulates US, Iran on signing of MoUByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

June 18, 5:09 AM<\/p>\n

MoU ‘a huge mistake,’ former US ambassador to UN saysByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

June 18, 5:09 AM<\/p>\n

Iran-US talks on Friday in Switzerland are not confirmed for now, Baghaei saysByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 18, 5:09 AM<\/p>\n

Trump signs MoU as Iran says uranium will remain in country, IDF Lebanon attacks ‘breach’ agreementIranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said that the country’s defensive capabilities “will not be discussed in any process or with any party.”ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"USUS President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France.(photo credit: Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

June 18, 5:09 AM<\/p>\n

Baghaei: US-Iran MoU finalized in electronic form, signedByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 18, 5:09 AM<\/p>\n

Ghalibaf: Hormuz ‘will not return’ to pre-war state, tolls to be chargedByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 18, 5:09 AM<\/p>\n

Iran and US to end fighting and maritime blockades in the Gulf area per MoUByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 18, 5:09 AM<\/p>\n

US military to stay in Gulf region ‘for a while,’ Trump saysByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 18, 5:09 AM<\/p>\n

Trump: Unfair for Iran to lack ballistic missiles if other countries have themByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 18, 5:09 AM<\/p>\n

Security Cabinet officials ‘frustrated’ over MoU, believe economic collapse imminent – exclusiveAccording to two sources familiar with the discussion, ministers were told that Iran’s economy had deteriorated sharply under the US-led naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.ByAMICHAI STEIN<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"AA woman holds an Iranian flag near an anti-US billboard depicting US President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, May 25, 2026. (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR\/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostIsraeli officials remain ‘frustrated’ over US-Iran…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,56,54,21754,86,85,87,53065,21453,46,88,57,47,11982,43,157282,157283,114994],"class_list":["post-498348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-ceasefire","tag-donald-trump","tag-drone-attack","tag-hezbollah","tag-il","tag-iran","tag-irgc","tag-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-live-updates","tag-middle-east","tag-missiles","tag-news","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}