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Fragile Ceasefire Holds as U.S. and Iran Eye Long-Term Peace Talks

Tehran has relocated its enriched uranium to undisclosed sites following strikes that U.S. intelligence says delayed its nuclear program by only months.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. June 21, 2025, following U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Pool/File Photo
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio buttons his jacket at the start of a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's State Department budget request for the Department of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sit, at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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Overview

  • A ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump on June 22 has held as Israel and Iran halted air strikes
  • The United States and Iran have initiated talks on a long-term peace agreement under ongoing diplomatic efforts
  • U.S. forces used bunker-buster bombs in weekend raids on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities
  • A Defense Intelligence Agency assessment found the strikes inflicted major damage but delayed Tehran’s nuclear program by only months
  • Iran’s parliament voted to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and moved its enriched uranium stockpile to undisclosed sites