{"id":2822,"date":"2026-06-15T04:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/iran-and-us-reach-a-tentative-deal-to-end-the-war-and-open-strait-of-hormuz-but-challenges-remain\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T04:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:32:28","slug":"iran-and-us-reach-a-tentative-deal-to-end-the-war-and-open-strait-of-hormuz-but-challenges-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losangelesmovinginsider.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/iran-and-us-reach-a-tentative-deal-to-end-the-war-and-open-strait-of-hormuz-but-challenges-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran and US reach a tentative deal to end the war and open Strait of Hormuz but challenges remain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) \u2014 The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement Monday that would extend their shaky ceasefire and lead to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but significant challenges remain, including whether Israel will continue its offensive in Lebanon.<\/p>

Read more A tentative deal is reached to end the Iran war and Trump orders a stop to the US naval blockade<\/a><\/p>\n

Details of the agreement were not immediately released, but it appeared that it would not be implemented until it is signed, which mediator Pakistan said would happen Friday in Geneva. Until then, shipping will likely remain restricted in the strait, which is a crucial passage for the world\u2019s oil and gas and the closure of which has sparked a global energy crisis.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s defense minister said Monday that the country wouldn\u2019t withdraw from land seized in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group. Israel joined the U.S. in launching the war on Feb. 28, but it is not party to the deal. A spokesman in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office said Israel will continue to defend itself against any threat to its security.<\/p>\n

That alone could scupper the deal, since Iran has insisted any agreement to end the war include an end to the fighting in Lebanon.<\/p>\n

But the agreement also faces other major challenges. It gives just 60 days to decide what to do about Iran\u2019s stockpile of highly enriched uranium and its nuclear program \u2014 which the U.S. and Israel worry could be used to build an atomic weapon, despite Tehran\u2019s insistence that it is peaceful. It took years for Iran and world powers to negotiate a 2015 agreement to rein in Tehran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from that accord in his first term, setting the stage for the tensions that culminated in the current war.<\/p>\n

Despite the uncertainties, world leaders from Europe to China welcomed the deal to end a conflict that has killed thousands across the Middle East, including the top leaders of Iran\u2019s theocracy, and raised the prices of fuel, food and other basic goods far beyond the region.<\/p>

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Still, some expressed concern that the deal would actually come about: Luxembourg\u2019s foreign minister, Xavier Bettel, noted: \u201cIt\u2019s a long time till Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n