News · 19 June 2026
US lifts Iran blockade; Supreme Leader calls Trump 'desperate'
The US has ended its naval blockade of Iran after both countries signed a deal to end the war in the Middle East. Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei approved the deal, despite having a "different view", after assurances from President Masoud Pezeshkian. Khamenei said President Trump made the deal "out of desperation" and used "all kinds of leverage" to bring it about.
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