{"id":872100,"date":"2026-06-16T22:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/872100\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T22:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T22:09:19","slug":"live-updates-latest-from-israel-iran-and-middle-east-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/872100\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostHezbollah says Iran will not sign MOU without Israeli withdrawal \u2022 Iran will reportedly be allowed to sell oil immediately under Trump’s new MOU \u2022 JD Vance leads push to sell world on MOUFollow us on Google<\/strong><\/a>\"SmokeSmoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, June 13, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS\/STRINGER)<\/p>\n

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Drone hits Iranian opposition camp in Iraq, security sources sayByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

June 16, 11:03 PM<\/p>\n

Iran will be able to shut down Strait of Hormuz ‘whenever it wants,’ US sources warn – reportByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER<\/a><\/p>\n

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Islamic nation must unify efforts to ‘defend Jerusalem,’ Al-Azhar Sheikh tells Grand MuftiByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

June 16, 10:34 PM<\/p>\n

Drone attack hits Iranian opposition camp east of Iraq\u2019s Erbil – reportByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 16, 9:43 PM<\/p>\n

Pope Leo says ‘thanks be to God’ for interim US-Iran peace dealByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 16, 9:40 PM<\/p>\n

Iran’s joint military command warns Israel over attacks on southern LebanonByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 16, 9:39 PM<\/p>\n

US-Iran negotiations will start once MoU is signed, Iranian FM saysByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 16, 8:35 PM<\/p>\n

US envoy Barrack meets Iraq PM, pushes new direction in bilateral tiesUS envoy Tom Barrack met Iraq\u2019s leadership in Baghdad, discussing security, militias, and economic cooperation as Washington pushes a \u201cnew direction\u201d in bilateral ties.BySETH J. FRANTZMAN<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"IraqiIraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi meets with US Special Presidential Envoy Tom Barrack in Baghdad, Iraq, June 16, 2026.(photo credit: Handout via Reuters)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

June 16, 8:35 PM<\/p>\n

Iran will be allowed to sell oil immediately under Trump’s new MOU – reportAccording to the Journal\u2019s report, the same provision allows for Iran to utilize banking, transportation, and insurance services to facilitate the sales.ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"AnAn oil tanker docked at the Port of Fujairah, as the US-Israel conflict with Iran limits marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, May 6, 2026.(photo credit: Amr Alfiky\/Reuters)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

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Israel not mentioned in reported leaked US-Iran deal, despite including end of Lebanon warThe reported draft focuses primarily on the end of the ongoing conflict, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the release of all funds currently sanctioned by the US.BySHIR PERETS<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"U.S.U.S. President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS\/JONATHAN ERNST)Go to the full article > ><\/a>Load More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostHezbollah says Iran will not sign…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":872101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[372,10321,69,127189,4783,4784,83,5241,99,6112,7218,3097,374,50,266321,2050,5503],"class_list":["post-872100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-ceasefire","tag-donald-trump","tag-drone-attack","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-iran","tag-irgc","tag-israel","tag-israel-iran-war","tag-live-updates","tag-middle-east","tag-missiles","tag-news","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-rising-lion","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}