Middle East crisis live: US shoots down Iranian drones heading for strait of Hormuz, report says, even as both sides cite progress in talks
Photograph: Bahrain TV/AFP/Getty Images Israel, however, said it was “not a party to” what prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office described as an emerging memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran. The strait of Hormuz would open “as soon as we sign” the documents of the “great settlement” reached with Iran, Trump said. “The whole Middle East is happy.” Iranian media said the country’s forces had stopped a “violating tanker” from entering the strait of Hormuz.
- ▪Photograph: Bahrain TV/AFP/Getty Images Israel, however, said it was “not a party to” what prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office described as an emerging memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran.
- ▪The strait of Hormuz would open “as soon as we sign” the documents of the “great settlement” reached with Iran, Trump said.
- ▪“The whole Middle East is happy.” Iranian media said the country’s forces had stopped a “violating tanker” from entering the strait of Hormuz.
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03.02 EDTSummary: Iran contradicts Trump claim to be on verge of peace dealHello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the crisis in the Middle East.Iran’s foreign ministry has contradicted claims from Donald Trump that a peace deal between Washington and Tehran could be signed as soon as this weekend.The deal, if confirmed, would be the most significant diplomatic breakthrough yet to end the three-month-old war, which has killed thousands and sent global energy prices sharply higher.
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