Ceasefire

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Knesset narrowly endorses Islamabad framework as Gantz bloc bails out Netanyahu

Israel's Knesset endorsed the Islamabad ceasefire framework and its 90-day inspection extension by a vote of 64-56 on Tuesday, with Benny Gantz's National Unity bloc supplying the margin that kept Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government intact on the eve of the Marseille donor conference.

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IAEA technical team opens Vienna session to operationalize Iran inspection regime

A joint technical committee convened at IAEA headquarters in Vienna on Monday to write the operating procedures behind the Iran-Israel inspection regime, with the first on-site visit to Natanz tentatively penciled in for May 19.

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Second Doha prisoner exchange frees 28 dual nationals as mediators bank momentum for Marseille

Iran released 28 dual nationals at a Doha handover on Saturday in the largest prisoner exchange since the April ceasefire, a move mediators called a confidence builder four days before the Marseille reconstruction conference.

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Doha mediators announce 90-day ceasefire extension as inspection deal clears final hurdle

Qatari and Pakistani mediators announced a 90-day extension of the Iran-Israel ceasefire on Friday after negotiators broke a two-week deadlock over inspection protocols at three nuclear sites, locking in the longest projected pause in fighting since the war began.

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Netanyahu coalition fractures as two far-right ministers walk out over Islamabad framework

Two far-right ministers quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet on Monday in protest of the Islamabad ceasefire, leaving the Israeli government with a one-seat Knesset majority and clouding the post-war diplomatic track 12 days into the truce.

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Iran ceasefire holds at 10 days as reconstruction bill mounts and pressure grows for permanent accord

Ten days into the Iran-Israel ceasefire, United Nations monitors reported the truce was largely holding even as preliminary damage estimates topped $180 billion across four countries and negotiators in Doha pushed for a more durable framework.

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IAEA Chief Arrives in Tehran as Inspectors Prepare to Enter Struck Nuclear Sites

International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi arrived in Tehran on Wednesday at the head of a fourteen-member inspection team, the agency's first visit to Iran since the ceasefire and its first to nuclear sites struck during six weeks of war.

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Tehran Majlis Convenes Emergency Session as Rial Slides and Pressure Builds on Supreme Leader

Iran's parliament opened an emergency session in Tehran on Tuesday to confront a collapsing currency, soaring food prices and the first audible calls from inside the system for an accounting of the war, just six days into the ceasefire with Israel.

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Mediators Reconvene in Islamabad to Sketch Phase Two of Iran Ceasefire

Foreign ministers from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Oman and Qatar opened a second working session in Islamabad on Sunday, tasked with translating the four-day-old Iran-Israel ceasefire into a durable phase-two framework covering sanctions sequencing, naval coordination and monitoring.

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After Doha Handover, Focus Shifts to a Fragile Reconstruction

A day after the Doha prisoner handover, governments turned to the harder work of rebuilding battered cities and ports, with donor pledges, monitoring rules and refugee returns at the top of the agenda.

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Doha Prisoner-Exchange Talks Conclude as Mediators Finalize Saturday Handover

Negotiators in Doha closed final talks Friday on the prisoner exchange that will deliver roughly 40 foreign nationals and the remains of U.S. service members out of Iran on Saturday, in the largest single test of the two-day-old Islamabad ceasefire.

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Iran Ceasefire Holds Into Third Day as Doha Prisoner Exchange Set for Saturday

The Iran-Israel ceasefire passed its third full day Friday despite two minor violations, as Qatari mediators announced a prisoner exchange in Doha Saturday that will include the remains of fallen U.S. service members.

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UN Monitors Deploy to Hormuz as Mediators Absorb First Ceasefire Violations

A first batch of United Nations monitors took up positions along the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday as mediators in Islamabad and Doha scrambled to contain the earliest violations of the 36-hour-old Iran-Israel ceasefire, including a Houthi missile launch and a rocket fired from Iraq.

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Ceasefire Holds Despite Isolated Strikes From Yemen, Iraq

A Houthi missile intercepted over the southern Red Sea and a rocket launched from a militia base in western Iraq tested the day-old ceasefire on Thursday, but all parties moved swiftly to condemn the strikes and reaffirm the truce.

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U.N. Security Council Blesses Ceasefire as Foreign Ministers Converge on Paris

The U.N. Security Council voted 14-0-1 Wednesday morning to endorse the Islamabad ceasefire framework as foreign ministers from a dozen capitals converged on Paris for a hastily called conference on verification, sanctions and the shape of post-war diplomacy.

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Iran Ceasefire Takes Hold at Midnight GMT as U.N. Observers Reach Strait of Hormuz

A six-week war between Iran and an Israeli-American coalition paused at 00:00 GMT Wednesday under terms brokered in Islamabad, with U.N. observers deploying along the Strait of Hormuz as the first day held without major incident.

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Aid Convoys Stage at Borders as Agencies Race to Pre-Position Relief for Ceasefire Window

Hundreds of aid trucks idled at crossings into Iran, Iraq and southern Lebanon on Tuesday as international agencies raced to pre-position supplies for the first hours after the Islamabad ceasefire takes effect at midnight Wednesday.

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U.N. Monitors and Mediators Race Final Checks Before Iran Ceasefire Takes Hold

Mediators in Islamabad and a U.N. advance team in Muscat worked through the night to finalize observation, deconfliction and verification arrangements before the Iran-Israel ceasefire takes effect at midnight GMT Wednesday.

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Iran Fires Final Volley, Israel Strikes Nuclear Site on Ceasefire Eve

Iran launched a barrage of more than 90 missiles and drones at Israeli targets early Tuesday while Israeli warplanes struck a hardened nuclear facility near Natanz, a final exchange of blows on the eve of a ceasefire set to take effect at midnight Wednesday.

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UN Observers Deploy to Hormuz as Muscat Cell Races to Stand Up Before Ceasefire Hour

A first wave of UN military observers arrived in Muscat on Monday and Pakistani, Egyptian and Saudi liaison officers began round-the-clock shifts at the Strait of Hormuz Verification Cell, racing to stand up the machinery of the Islamabad ceasefire before it takes effect Wednesday.

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Last-Minute Strikes Test Iran-Israel Ceasefire Before Wednesday Deadline

A burst of last-minute attacks rattled the Iran-Israel ceasefire framework Monday, even as mediators in Islamabad insisted the Wednesday halt remains on track and both governments publicly reaffirmed the timetable.

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Iran and Israel Agree to Ceasefire in Islamabad Accord, Effective April 15

Iran and Israel agreed Sunday to halt the six-week war under a ceasefire brokered in Islamabad and set to take effect at 00:00 GMT on April 15, with mediators announcing a four-pillar framework and a 30-day verification window.

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Islamabad Talks Run Overnight as Mediators Narrow Text Toward Ceasefire Announcement

Pakistani, Saudi and Egyptian mediators worked through the night in Islamabad on a draft joint statement aimed at halting the six-week Iran war, narrowing the text to a handful of unresolved clauses, three officials said Saturday.

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