US and Iran agree peace deal
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The United States and Iran say they've reached a deal to halt their war, which would include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and removal of the US naval blockade. The agreement includes the end of the war in Lebanon. The deal is due to be signed on Friday. Also in this podcast: Swiss voters reject capping the population at 10 million. We speak to the Kremlin's teenage enemy, Alexander Browder. And the Dutch try out a speed limit for cyclists.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.4 | I'm Celia Hatton, and in the early hours of Monday, the 15th of June, these are our main stories. |
| 0:18.0 | Finally, a deal's been reached to end the U.S. war with Iran with the announcement |
| 0:22.2 | of a formal signing ceremony in Switzerland on Friday. But how solid is this agreement? We have |
| 0:29.3 | analysis from our correspondence in Jerusalem and London and from the BBC Persian Service. |
| 0:37.3 | Also in this podcast, a game at the Football World Cup that started as a slow burn but became a second-half thriller. |
| 0:45.4 | And the 17-year-old whose school project has come to the attention of Vladimir Putin. |
| 0:51.0 | It's unprecedented. They've never sanctioned a high schooler before. And so it's clear that my |
| 0:56.7 | work exposing their currency laundering schemes has touched enough. |
| 1:06.7 | We start with a triumphant social media post from Donald Trump. Let the oil flow, he wrote. He then tells ships of the world to start your engines. The U.S. and Iran have confirmed they've agreed to a deal to end their conflict that began just over three months ago. The text of what's been agreed hasn't officially been released, but both sides have indicated |
| 1:27.9 | they'll lift their blockades on the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could allow ships to |
| 1:33.1 | pass through it again. Representatives from both countries are scheduled to meet in Switzerland |
| 1:38.3 | for a formal signing ceremony on Friday. On state TV, the Iranian deputy foreign minister, Kazem Garibabad, |
| 1:46.1 | had this to say after the text had been finalized. |
| 1:53.0 | Two immediate developments were supposed to take place and will take place, starting last night |
| 1:58.4 | on the early hours of Monday. First, the immediate and permanent end of the war |
| 2:02.9 | and military operations on various fronts, including in Lebanon. |
| 2:07.8 | As you saw the statement announced by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, |
| 2:11.7 | explicitly referred to the immediate and permanent end of the war |
| 2:15.3 | on all fronts, including Lebanon. The second development was the lifting and the end of the war on all fronts, including Lebanon. |
| 2:18.3 | The second development was the lifting and the end of the naval blockade that the United States |
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