RT

Negotiations between the US and Iran are scheduled for Saturday following a June ceasefire agreement and recent mutual strikes. The US seeks public Iranian commitments to keep the Strait of Hormuz open to navigation without tolls or attacks on commercial vessels. Iranian officials have attributed prior ship incidents to rogue actors and denied requesting the new talks.

US and Iranian forces traded strikes in the Strait of Hormuz region starting 8 July 2026, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard targeting US sites in Bahrain and Kuwait. Donald Trump stated at the NATO summit in Ankara that the ceasefire is over. Multiple claims regarding the scale of US strikes and specific Iranian statements remain disputed across sources.

US President Donald Trump attended a NATO summit in Türkiye according to multiple outlets. Most other reported outcomes, attendees, and commitments remain unverified and sourced primarily from RT, a state-funded Russian media outlet. Analyses from progressive, conservative, and libertarian perspectives diverge on implications while sharing reliance on the same unconfirmed claims.