Iran / Israel / U.S. / Lebanon / Energy crisis watch

Iran said the Strait of Hormuz was closed once more, citing continued Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon as a violation of the ceasefire underpinning the June 17 memorandum. The U.S. military disputed that characterisation.

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12:00 PM Tehran time, Jun 20, 2026

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Tehran, Iran

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CENTCOM said 55 merchant ships moved through the Strait of Hormuz on June 20, carrying more than 17 million barrels of oil to global markets. AP reported the same weekend that Iran was again using Lebanon strikes to pressure the interim deal even as negotiators headed to Switzerland.

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12:00 PM Gulf time, Jun 20, 2026

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Strait of Hormuz

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A U.S. official announced a renewed ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in the 2026 Lebanon war, facilitated by the United States with Qatar and Iran, two days after the U.S.-Iran MOU. Israeli airstrikes hit Lebanon within minutes of the announcement, underscoring how fragile the Lebanon track remained even as the wider deal took hold.

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12:00 PM Beirut time, Jun 19, 2026

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Lebanon / Israel-Lebanon border

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A day after the memorandum was signed, Pakistan, one of the two mediators, said Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz instantly and that the U.S. naval blockade would end immediately.

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12:00 PM Karachi time, Jun 18, 2026

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Islamabad, Pakistan

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AP reported Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed an initial agreement calling for Iran to dilute highly enriched uranium and for sanctions relief that let Tehran sell oil freely. L'Orient reported the MOU reopened Hormuz, started a 60-day negotiation clock and left Lebanon fighting as the immediate test.

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7:00 PM Washington time, Jun 17, 2026

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Washington / Tehran

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Global markets rallied after the tentative agreement was announced. Oil fell more than four dollars a barrel on the prospect that shipping through the strait would be restored, settling at its lowest level since early March, while the Dow closed at a record high.

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4:00 PM New York time, Jun 15, 2026

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New York, United States

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A senior U.S. official said President Trump and Vice President JD Vance virtually signed the agreement to end the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and start 60 days of nuclear negotiations. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf signed for Iran. Trump, at the G7 summit in France, suggested he would not attend the formal ceremony set for Switzerland. Pezeshkian said a final agreement was not yet complete, and Netanyahu said he and Trump do not always see eye to eye.

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12:00 PM Paris time, Jun 15, 2026

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France, at the Group of Seven summit

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Times of Israel reported the IDF statement that Israeli forces struck more than 70 Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon over the past day, including launchers and attack-use buildings, and said several Hezbollah operatives were killed. L'Orient separately logged added evacuations, strikes, shelling and a wounded Lebanese soldier near Nabatieh as the Kfar Tebnit/Ali Taher fight continued.

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3:07 PM Israel time, Jun 13, 2026

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Southern Lebanon, including Nabatieh district

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L'Orient reported Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif saying Washington and Tehran had agreed on a peace framework with final text complete and an online signing expected within 24 hours, followed by technical talks next week. AP's deal explainer kept the same frame: Hormuz reopening, nuclear handling, sanctions relief and Lebanon remain the execution tests.

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4:41 PM Pakistan time, Jun 13, 2026

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Islamabad, Pakistan

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AP reported that Lebanese army troops withdrew from their Kfar Tebnit barracks after Israeli forces advanced nearby, as NNA logged strikes and shelling around Nabatieh. AP said the push appeared aimed at the strategic Ali Taher hill, while Times of Israel and L'Orient tracked the same south Lebanon ground-pressure line.

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2:07 PM Beirut time, Jun 13, 2026

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Kfar Tebnit and Ali Taher hill, Nabatieh district, Lebanon

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Al Jazeera/Reuters, citing Lebanon's NNA, reported at least five killed in Israeli raids across southern Lebanon, including one in Maarakeh, Rihan mayor Ali Badie, and three people in Deir al-Zahrani and Kafr Reman in Nabatieh district. The deaths followed the 20-town Zahrani displacement order and sharpen the fight over whether a U.S.-Iran deal can quiet the Lebanon front.

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1:00 PM Beirut time, Jun 13, 2026

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Maarakeh, Rihan, Deir al-Zahrani and Kafr Reman, Lebanon

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In a June 13 CNN interview segment, reporting was cited that Iran had sharply increased efforts to seal near-bomb-grade uranium storage, including collapsing tunnel entrances and placing explosive mines, as sources described a recent U.S. contingency operation to seize that material as too risky and difficult.

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4:00 AM New York time, Jun 13, 2026

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Isfahan and associated nuclear sites, Iran

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Times of Israel/AFP and Dawn, citing Lebanon's NNA, reported that Israel ordered residents of 20 southern Lebanese towns and villages to move north of the Zahrani River and that strikes followed in warned areas including Rihan and Sujud. Indian Express and Al Jazeera separately logged the 20-town order, northern-Israel sirens and an Israeli aerial-target intercept.

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11:00 AM Beirut time, Jun 13, 2026

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Nabatieh, Jezzine and southern Lebanon

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CENTCOM said Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones toward commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and that U.S. forces downed them in recent hours. The command said traffic through the strait continued unimpeded, while wire and regional outlets framed the intercepts as a flare-up inside the still-unsigned deal window.

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5:40 AM Gulf time, Jun 13, 2026

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Strait of Hormuz

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Iran's foreign minister told state media the proposed Islamabad MOU would include mutual sovereignty and no-force commitments, keep Hormuz under Iran-Oman management, defer nuclear and sanctions details to a 60-day second stage, and fold Lebanon into the end-of-war declaration. U.S., Israeli and regional reporting still frame benefits, uranium handling and withdrawals as conditional or disputed.

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3:14 AM Iran time, Jun 13, 2026

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Tehran, Iran

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India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said he spoke with Secretary Marco Rubio and protested U.S. Navy attacks in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners. Hindustan Times and Anadolu tied the call to earlier Indian summonses and U.S. blockade strikes on tankers accused of carrying Iranian oil.

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4:30 AM India time, Jun 13, 2026

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New Delhi / Strait of Hormuz

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