US president says ‘all sides should stand down’ as mediators seek to conclude preliminary US-Iran peace deal negotiations
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Donald Trump was forced to call for restraint on Sunday after Israel launched fresh airstrikes on Beirut as mediators sought to conclude negotiations on a preliminary peace deal between Iran and the US that would bring the three-month war in the Middle East to a definitive end.
Trump played down new Israeli strikes but said “all sides should stand down”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/14/trump-calls-for-restraint-israel-airstrikes-beirut-us-iran-peace-deal
Author : Jason Burke in Jerusalem
Publish date : 2026-06-14 16:22:00
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