(2026-06-22). Iran Demonstrates Its Leverage With Strait of Hormuz in Negotiations With US. truthout.org Mediators from Pakistan and Qatar say the United States and Iran made "encouraging progress" during 18 hours of negotiations in Switzerland, where the two sides agreed to a roadmap toward reaching a final deal within 60 days. The talks took place despite Iran on Saturday announcing it was closing the Strait of Hormuz after Israel killed 83 people in Lebanon on Friday. Israel said it would agree to… |
(2026-06-22). Iran closes Strait of Hormuz after Israel bombs Lebanon. ummid.com Three days after the Strait of Hormuz was opened following the signing of a deal between Iran and United States, Tehran Saturday closed the key waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman accusing Israel of violating the terms of the deal dubbed as Islamabad MoU.
(2026-06-22). Vance says 'very good foundation' laid for final Iran deal after Switzerland talks. tribune.com.pk 
US Vice President JD Vance said on Monday that negotiations with Iran at the Burgenstock resort in Switzerland had made significant progress, adding that the parties had laid a "very good foundation" for reaching a final agreement. | "Yesterday was a very, very good day. We made a lot of good progress," Vance told reporters after talks involving US and Iranian officials, alongside mediators from Qatar and Pakistan. | He said the discussions achieved several key objectives, including establishing mechanisms to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and a deconfliction mechanism between Israel and Lebanon. | The arrange…
(2026-06-22). Iran Prioritizes Lebanon In Switzerland Talks. popularresistance.org Iran's negotiating team began Pakistani and Qatari-mediated discussions with Washington in Bàºrgenstock, Switzerland, on 21 June, as a cautious calm prevailed across south Lebanon following an initial postponement of the talks over Israeli war crimes in the Levantine nation. | The talks mark Tehran's effort to "prioritize" the Lebanon clause of the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the US and Iran. | The Iranian team, led by Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, had arrived in Switzerland the night before.
(2026-06-22). Trump threatens Iran as peace talks advance despite Israel's Lebanon escalation. nationofchange.org As mediators report a 60-day roadmap toward a final deal, Trump's threats, Iran's Hormuz warning, and Israel's refusal to withdraw from Lebanon are testing whether diplomacy can survive another push toward regional war.
(2026-06-22). Israel's Lebanese blitz threatens to blow up US-Iran Deal. ummid.com A fragile diplomatic breakthrough between Washington and Tehran has collided head-on with Israeli military aggression in Lebanon, casting a long shadow over what could have been the most consequential peace settlement in the Middle East in a generation.
(2026-06-22). True Spirituality Confronts The Abuses Of The Empire. thealtworld.com A spirituality that is uninterested in ending war, genocide, poverty and injustice is a dead spirituality. If you hold your time on the meditation cushion as something separate from the weeping mother clutching a small body in Lebanon, you're wasting your time. | Sometimes I get asked why I only occasionally write about "spiritual" matters like awakening, egoic delusion, inner work etc, but from my point of view everything I write is about that stuff. To oppose the injustices and abuses of our world is to directly interface with the mechanisms of humanity's struggle to become a conscious species. | The overwhelmi…
(2026-06-22). Lebanon welcomes Sharaa's rejection of military intervention. newarab.com 
(2026-06-22). Vance, Aoun discuss Lebanon ceasefire amid fragile calm. newarab.com 