Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has held discussions in Switzerland with Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis on the US-Iran deal and regional security.

The pair met in Burgenstock for talks on “diplomatic efforts aimed at promoting security and stability in the region” after the signing of the MoU, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

During the meeting, Sheikh Mohammed “affirmed Doha’s support for launching negotiations between the US and Iran to reach sustainable solutions to outstanding issues through dialogue and peaceful means”.

The head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee says the Donald Trump administration has shown a “failure to commit to the first clause” of the MoU with Tehran.

That first clause states that both sides agree to “the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon”.

“America’s failure to commit to the first clause of the agreement demonstrates that America still lacks the will to gain the trust of the Iranian nation,” Ebrahim Azizi wrote on X.

“The continuation of this situation will come at a heavy cost to them, the first of which will be an intelligent and deterrent response to the violation of the agreement’s commitments,” he said.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has criticised French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot for his “hypocrisy”.

“You remained silent – you even made yourself complicit – while Iranian cities were savagely bombed and innocent Iranians were brutally massacred,” he wrote on X.

Baghaei was reacting to a video of Barrot saying that the Iranian people were the losers of the war, caught between repression and bombing.

“And yet, today, when it serves the political interests of your regime, your selective conscience suddenly awakens, and you claim to lecture the entire world on human rights,” Baghaei said.

The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned what it described as the Israeli seizure of land belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan.

In a statement on X, the ministry said Israeli authorities seized the land on June 15, expelled the Patriarchate’s representative from the site, confiscated equipment, uprooted trees and enclosed the area with walls and gates.

The ministry described the move as a “grave assault on church properties” and a “gross violation of the legal and historical status quo in occupied Jerusalem”.

It said the measures “do not create any legal rights for the occupation and do not alter the prevailing legal and historical status in East Jerusalem as occupied Palestinian land”, adding that all annexation, confiscation and seizure measures are “null and void under international law”.

The ministry called on the international community to take urgent action to halt what it described as violations against Christian and Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem and to hold Israel accountable for its actions.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told Al Jazeera Arabic that Tehran wants to continue to negotiate with the US, if it is serious about respecting their agreement and ensuring Israel adheres to its terms.

In an interview in the wake of the latest wave of Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon on Friday, he said that Israel’s “continued war-making” would have consequences that are “serious and immediate”.

Iran was seeking “peace on all fronts, including Gaza,” he added.

Global stocks are ending a strong week on a cautious note as relief over an interim peace deal between the US and Iran gave way to a focus on the challenges of securing a lasting agreement.

With US cash markets closed for the Juneteenth holiday, S&P 500 futures declined after the benchmark posted its best week since the end of May. Europe’s Stoxx 600 dipped 0.2%, while Asian stocks retreated 0.3% from an all-time high. Markets in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan were also shut.

Donald Trump said that the US has “had a lot of victories” during a speech at a ceremony to mark the unveiling of a new Air Force One gifted by Qatar as a replacement aircraft for ferrying the US president.

“You’re going to see oil drop so low, I hope the companies are happy about it,” he said.

“We have the greatest military in the world. You saw that in Iran, in one week, virtually, we knocked out their entire navy, their entire air force, their radar. We wiped out everything,” he said.

Donald Trump said that in “60 days, we have to make a deal, otherwise we will do things that won’t make them [Iranians] happy,” in his speech, adding that he doesn’t think it will get to that.

“Remember, if we do that, then all of a sudden you’re not going to have the oil flowing out of the Strait of Hormuz because people who have billion-dollar ships don’t love missiles flying over them, don’t love mines all over the water,” he added.

US President Donald Trump says he thanked China for not becoming involved in the conflict with Iran.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said he had personally asked China not to intervene despite its heavy reliance on energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

“I want to thank China because I asked China not to get involved with Iran,” Trump said.

Noting that China receives around half of its oil through the strategic waterway, Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed to stay out of the conflict.

“They get 50 percent of their oil from the Strait, but I asked him not to get involved, and he said he wouldn’t – and he didn’t,” Trump said. “He made it very nice, actually, very nice. And I appreciate that.”

Oil gained on Friday as planned negotiations between the US and Iran were delayed and tanker traffic out of the Persian Gulf slowed.

Brent futures traded above $80 a barrel in London as Iran delayed the start of negotiations over a permanent peace deal with the US amid an uptick in fighting in southern Lebanon. Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz thinned on Friday, a day after a surge in oil shipments renewed as the two countries vowed to lift a dual blockade.

The American push to quickly begin high-stakes talks with Iran hit a snag Friday, just days after the signing of an agreement that opens a two-month window for negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program and returning oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to prewar levels.

Iranian officials did not travel as planned to Switzerland, insisting that Israeli strikes on Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon must stop before the talks can take place, according to three regional officials and a person familiar with the matter. They were not authorised to publicly discuss the ongoing mediation to try to get the talks rescheduled and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The situation was fluid as Israel and Hezbollah agreed on Friday to renew their ceasefire, according to a U.S. official and regional officials. It remains to be seen whether that could help put the U.S.-Iran talks back on track.

Norway has launched a public consultation on proposed legislation that would ban trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, the country’s foreign ministry has announced.

The proposed law would prohibit the import of goods produced in Israeli settlements and ban exports to them. It would also prohibit the purchase of property in settlements, services linked to their construction or sale and the acquisition of businesses based there.

Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said the settlements are illegal under international law and undermine the prospects for a two-state solution.

“The Israeli settlements in Palestine are in breach of international law,” Eide said. “We intend to prohibit trade with the unlawful settlements.”

The consultation period will run until September 19, after which the government will consider whether to submit the proposed legislation to parliament.

Israel’s ambassador to the United States said on Friday that his country would commit to an “immediate ceasefire” in Lebanon if Hezbollah respected it, hours after a US official said the two parties had agreed a new truce.

“Israel remains firmly committed to an immediate ceasefire,” Yechiel Leiter posted on X. “If Hezbollah honours the agreement and ceases its hostilities, they will be met with quiet,” he added.

The US president will make a rare trip to Camp David ⁠this weekend, ⁠returning to the presidential retreat for only the second time since retaking office last year.

Trump will hold policy and political meetings during ⁠his visit, a White House official said, according to a report by the Reuters news agency. His family will travel with him for the weekend, which includes Father’s Day on Sunday.

The trip ⁠comes as Trump works to secure a final agreement to end the war with Iran. US-Iran talks in Switzerland planned for Friday were cancelled ‌as fighting flared in Lebanon despite reports of a ceasefire, creating new uncertainty about the timing of negotiations vital to ensure the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to global shipping and restoring peace in the Middle East.

Trump last visited Camp David in June 2025, meeting with top military leaders and foreign policy ⁠advisers to discuss immigration protests in California, Iran and the Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have discussed the situation in Lebanon on a phone call.

Aoun emphasised the “necessity of halting Israeli aggressions on Lebanese territories through the achievement of a comprehensive ceasefire,” the Lebanese Presidency said in a statement.

Lebanon considers this a “fundamental pillar” for advancing US-Lebanese negotiations in Washington next week.

Rubio reaffirmed US support for Lebanon and its “commitment to achieving security and stability” and “extending the state’s authority over all its territories, and supporting its legitimate institutions,” the statement said.

US Iran war LIVE: US Vice President JD Vance is set to assume his most prominent international role yet as President Donald Trump’s lead negotiator in efforts to end the three-month war with Iran, a development that could influence his prospects as a future White House contender.

The two countries agreed to a provisional peace deal on Wednesday that halted hostilities but left key issues unresolved. Questions surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme, its support for regional armed groups and the strategically important Strait of Hormuz have been deferred to a 60-day negotiating process.

US Iran war LIVE: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Friday voiced support for continued dialogue between the United States and Iran, while stressing the need to remain vigilant against any attempts to derail the peace process.

In a post on X, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he had held a “warm and most cordial telephone conversation” with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

“We agreed that the next phase of negotiations must continue to be guided by a firm commitment to dialogue, diplomacy, and vigilance against any attempt to undermine the peace process,” Sharif said.

US Iran war LIVE: Global markets ended a strong week on a cautious note as initial relief over an interim peace agreement between the United States and Iran gave way to concerns over the prospects of securing a durable deal.

With US cash markets closed for the Juneteenth holiday, S&P 500 futures were little changed after the benchmark index posted its strongest weekly performance since late May.

Europe’s Stoxx 600 slipped 0.2%, while Asian equities fell 0.3% from record highs. Markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan remained closed.

US Iran war LIVE: Iran dismisses Strait of Hormuz closure reports, says shipping continues safely, according to Iran International.

US Iran war LIVE: Iran said on Friday there was “no urgency” to hold talks with US negotiators in Switzerland, saying the memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the Middle East war had already been signed electronically on June 18.

Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Tehran was planning to hold a meeting in the coming days.

US Iran war LIVE: At least 47 people were killed in the latest Israeli strikes on Lebanon, the country’s health ministry said.

US Iran war LIVE: Air raid sirens were activated in northern Israel after the military detected a suspected hostile aircraft in the airspace over Zre’it.

The Israeli military said the incident was under investigation and that further details were being examined.

US Iran war LIVE: Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the memorandum of understanding with the United States aimed at ending the war had already been signed digitally, making the planned meeting in Switzerland on Friday no longer urgent.

US Iran war LIVE: Israeli forces will remain in the “buffer zone” for as long as Israeli citizens face a threat from Hezbollah, an Israeli military spokesperson said on Friday.

The spokesperson said the deployment would continue until the threat posed by the Iran-backed group is removed, signalling that Israel does not intend to withdraw its troops from the area in the near future.

The remarks came despite a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah brokered with US and Qatari involvement after renewed fighting in Lebanon.

US Iran war LIVE: US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran, not the United States, had entered negotiations out of “desperation”, pushing back against criticism of the interim agreement reached between the two countries.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “We didn’t meet out of desperation, Iran did. They are FINISHED!”

Referring to the 60-day timeline for negotiating a final agreement outlined in the memorandum of understanding, he added, “We’ll play out the 60 days.”

Trump also insisted that Tehran would not receive any financial relief during the talks.

“They get no money, not ten cents!” he wrote.