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US President Trump has said the deal to end the war with Iran is "all signed", before an official signing ceremony takes place in Geneva on Friday.

With the full text of the deal yet to be released, there are still some lingering questions - here's what we do and don't know.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said the "fight is not over" and Israel has to "remain vigilant" - that includes remaining in a "buffer zone" Israel has created in southern Lebanon.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the memorandum of understanding (MOU) - if implemented properly - will be seen as an "honourable document" for Iran, according to Iranian news agencies.

The vital global shipping route of the Strait of Hormuz will be opened “immediately” once the MOU is signed in person, a senior US official said.

Meanwhile, with the deal said to include an end to "military operations" in Lebanon, many are returning home - despite warnings from the authorities that it is not safe.

The agreement, assuming no more last-minute hitches, ends a war that was based on America and Israel's misreading of the strength of their enemy in Tehran. It is not a peace deal. It defers the thorniest issues to future negotiations, writes our international editor Jeremy Bowen.

We're ending our live coverage here, but you can read more in our news story.

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that three oil tankers and two ships carrying essential Iranian goods have passed through the US naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz.

A screenshot from MarineTraffic appears to show the Iranian bulk carrier Momentum Phonix has left Iranian shores and is heading to the western side of the strait.

Residents have begun returning to the rubble of their homes in several towns in southern Lebanon today.

Israeli airstrikes targeted dozens of sites across the region over the weekend after Israel issued evacuation warnings to residents.

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The deal agreed between the US and Iran "represents a critical step towards the peaceful settlement of the conflict", says a spokesperson for the secretary-general of the United Nations.

Stéphane Dujarric told a news conference earlier that the secretary general shared his "deep appreciation for the constructive role played by Pakistan, Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and other regional countries in supporting the negotiations that led to the deal".

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Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has praised his nation's people for their "historic resistance".

In a short post on X, he says the conduct of Iranians, combined with the "valour of the armed forces against those who sought the life of this nation", has allowed Iran to take "a great step toward final victory".

"They wanted to, but they couldn't. We stand firm," Ghalibaf adds.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
Senior reporter, BBC Persian

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the country’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has played the “greatest role in incorporating clauses to safeguard the country’s national interest”.

“If all (the MOU’s) provisions are properly implemented, it can be considered a document of pride for the country” he adds in a series of posts on X.

Iran’s supreme leader is yet to comment on the agreement reached between the US and Iran.

Khamenei has not appeared in public since becoming supreme leader in March - succeeding his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - reportedly due to security concerns, although several written messages attributed to him have been published via Iranian media outlets.

The former supreme leader was killed in a US-Israeli air strike on his compound on 28 February, a strike which also reportedly injured Mojtaba Khamenei.

Iran will be holding funeral processions and a burial for Ali Khamenei early next month.

Grace Eliza Goodwin
Live reporter

More details have come out today about the framework deal between the US and Iran to end the war, but with the full text of the deal not yet released, there are still some lingering questions. Here's what we know and what we don't:

Has the deal been signed?

The deal has already been signed electronically by the US and Iran, a US official says. A formal signing ceremony, attended by Vice-President JD Vance, will happen in Switzerland on Friday, President Trump says. A senior US official said details of the MOU will be released publicly in “24 to 48 hours".

What's in it?

Trump says the deal with Tehran does not include sanction relief for Iran but adds "if they do what they're supposed to do, that starts taking effect". Iranian state media has previously reported that the deal does include the US easing sanctions on Iran.

The deal includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the end of the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, Trump says. Who will control the strait going forward is not clear - Iran's view is that it "won" the war and now it wants recognition of its sovereignty over all or part of this narrow waterway.

Where does Lebanon fit in?

A senior US official says that Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon is not part of the deal. A spokesperson for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says ending the conflict in Lebanon is a pivotal part of the framework agreement Iran and the US reached.

Israel's defence minister says its forces intend to stay in Lebanon, while Iran has called for a "complete halt" to action.

What about Iran's nuclear programme?

Iranian state media reports that Tehran is committing not to produce nuclear weapons. It also reports that there will be a period of 60 days during which the US and Iran will have to agree on how to destroy and remove nuclear material.

But we don't know what the restrictions on enrichment will be and what will specifically happen to the stockpile of highly enriched uranium Iran has now.

Kristina Volk
Reporting from Jerusalem

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Carlos lives in Upper Galilee in Israel, 2.8 km away from the border with Lebanon.

He told the BBC earlier that today had been a "quieter day than normal" but it is a quiet he does not trust.

He said the lives in his community have been disrupted for a long time as it is "hard to live across the border of an organisation whose aim is to wipe you out".

He does not believe that the memorandum of understanding will last as he says a peace agreement can only succeed when you have a "winning side".

For now he and his family remain on high alert as for him this won't even be a "time out for the North."

He adds that the civil impact gets forgotten all too often and for the international community it is more important that the "stock markets soar again".

We can now bring you more from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu tells a press conference there are some cases where he and US President Donald Trump don't see eye to eye, but he will defend Israel's interests.

When necessary, he will insist on Israel's interests, Netanyahu adds.

Netanyahu later says he is committed to people having security in northern Israel, which borders Lebanon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking at a press conference from Jerusalem.

He says that while they have saved Israel "from being completely annihilated", the "fight is not over".

But he says that Israel has to "remain vigilant" and "protect and defend ourselves as much as necessary", he says.

Netanyhau next says that Israel "will remain in the security zone as much as necessary in order to protect" Israel.

"Israel is stronger than ever, and the Iranian axis of evil is weaker than ever," he adds.

Jonathan Josephs
Business reporter

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The removal of mines from the Strait of Hormuz is an essential first step to returning maritime traffic to pre-war levels, the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has told the BBC.

Arsenio Dominguez, who heads the UN agency, said that “once that happens then we will start working on the evacuation of the ships and the seafarers that have been there for around four months”.

He added that returning traffic to the pre-war average of 130 vessels a day would need further work after that in order to make sure the vital waterway was safe for transit.

At the moment more than 500 vessels remain stuck in the Gulf with thousands of seafarers on board.

“We've been working with the countries in the region, particularly Oman and Iran, as well as the coastal states, in order to make sure that there are no hazards”, said Mr Dominguez.

He also expressed concern that the rush to exit the Strait could lead to collisions and said there was a need for “an organized approach” to avoid this.

US blockade of Iran’s ports still in place despite Trump claimspublished at 18:51 BST

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By Thomas Copeland

In a post on his Truth Social platform stating that the US and Iran had agreed a deal on ending the war, President Donald Trump said he had authorised “the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade” of Iranian ports.

But a, externaln, external, externala, externaldvisory to seafarers and ship owners this afternoon, external from US Naval Forces Central Command, external (Navcent) states “a military blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect”.

Navcent says the blockade will continue “pending execution of a US-Iran ceasefire agreement schedule for 19 June 2026”.

“Enforcement actions include disabling and destructive fires upon vessels who do not demonstrate immediate compliance with blockading forces and/or boarding directions,” the warning added.

BBC Verify has asked US Central Command, the Pentagon and White House for comment.

The war has revealed the limit of US dominance over Iranpublished at 18:45 BST

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Jeremy Bowen
International editor

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The war has been President Donald Trump's worst foreign policy blunder – so far.

Turn the clock back to 27 February, as American and Israeli forces were preparing to strike, arming their aircraft, briefing their crews and programming targets for their missiles.

Both Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made video appearances to announce the start of a war that they believed would be short, sharp and victorious. It was a stunning misjudgement.

The war has damaged the US's alliances with the oil-producing Arab monarchies of the Gulf, whose business model as islands of stability in the turbulence of the Middle East will take years to repair.

China will have been watching closely as the United States burned through hard-to-replace stocks of weapons and came up against the limits of its power.

The agreement, assuming no more last-minute hitches, ends a war that was based on America and Israel's misreading of the strength of their enemy in Tehran. It is not a peace deal. It defers the thorniest issues to future negotiations. That agenda will include the future of Iran's nuclear programme and the level of sanctions relief it will get in return for concessions.

The memorandum of understanding clears the way for the nuclear negotiators to reconvene and for ships to transit the strait. That is exactly where they were 24 hours before the US and Israel went to war.

• Iran deal ends Trump's war that revealed limit of US dominance

Daniel Bush
Washington correspondent

What exactly happens after the signing ceremony on Friday remains unclear.

Washington wants Iran to abandon forever any hopes of developing nuclear weapons, but senior administration officials on Monday would not say what specific concessions the US is demanding from Iran. For its part Tehran has also not signalled publicly how far it’s willing to go on the issue in the upcoming negotiations.

The administration will consider some form of sanctions relief for Iran if it agrees to abandon its nuclear programme in a final peace deal, a US official said. The official did not specify what that might look like, or when the sanctions relief might come -- only saying that it would be tied to Iran’s compliance with the terms of a final peace deal, if one is reached.

“The more the Iranians are willing to work with us on their nuclear programme, on verifying they’re not building a nuclear weapon” the more the US will do to help the Iranian economy, the official said.

It’s also still an open question how Iran will dispose of its highly enriched uranium. All the core issues around Iran’s nuclear ambitions will have to be hammered out in talks over the next two months, a senior official acknowledged Monday. “Well see what happens,” the official said.

Daniel Bush
Washington correspondent

Hours after the US and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the deal remains shrouded in mystery with few details made public about what both sides agreed to - and major questions remaining about whether both sides can reach an actual long-term peace deal.

A senior US official said Monday on a call with reporters that details of the MOU will be released publicly in “24 to 48 hours". Donald Trump later suggested the text could be released after the official signing ceremony on Friday.

A formal signing ceremony will take place on Friday in Geneva, launching a 60-day period for both countries to negotiate a final peace agreement. The US plans to keep its current military forces in the region in place during the two-month negotiating period.

The Strait of Hormuz will be opened “immediately” once the MOU is signed in person, a senior US official said. The US naval blockade of the strait will also be lifted right away. Maritime traffic through the waterway won’t be tolled during the two-month negotiating period. Iran had insisted on collecting revenue from ships that use the strait, which carried roughly 20 percent of global oil before the war.

“The strait will be open toll-free for 60 days and we expect that to be part of the final agreement,” a US official said.

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Trump says the deal between the US and Iran is "all signed".

He made the remarks during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron earlier.

"I am very happy to say: 'it's signed, the deal is all signed'", Trump said.

It came after senior administration officials said the MOU was signed electronically by Trump and Vice President JD Vance, and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

An official signing ceremony will take place later this week in Geneva.

Back in Washington, a senior US official has told the BBC that the deal does not include Lebanon, but direct discussions between Israel and Lebanon are happening.

"If Iran is not able to control Hezbollah and if they attack Israeli positions or Israeli towns, Israel will have the right to defend themselves and respond," the official says.

Iran and its allies, along with the US and its allies, are seeking to end hostilities and have a final peace deal that "will hopefully include a lot of these proxy groups", the official added.

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Referring to US strikes on Iran last week, Trump says he "felt badly that we had to back on the attack for two nights".

He says he hopes the US and Iran would develop a good relationship but "if we don't, we go back to where we started but I don't think that's going to be necessary".

Asked if he would attend the formal signing ceremony in Geneva, Trump says Vice President JD Vance will be the one to sign the deal.

Trump is asked whether the deal with Iran involves sanctions relief for Iran.

"No, it doesn't", he replies.

The president adds: "It's really a behavioural thing. If they do what they're supposed to do, that starts taking effect."

He then speaks about the difficulties around the fighting between Lebanon and Hezbollah, and says the US want to see if they can "straight out" this conflict.

"It just seems to just never end," he adds.

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We're now turning our attention to France, where US President Donald Trump is meeting with President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains.

Asked about the memorandum of understanding agreed between the US and Iran, Trump says that the text will be released "pretty soon", adding it will probably be sometime after it is signed on Friday.

And the Strait of Hormuz will be fully open by Friday, he adds.