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West Asia war LIVE updates: India welcomes U.S.-Iran peace MoU, says Hormuz opening will boost energy supplies

Tehran alone will decide how to use its frozen assets once they are unfrozen under a U.S.-Iranian deal towards ending the West Asia war, an Iranian ambassador said on June 23, 2026, contradicting U.S. claims. “Iran is the only country who will decide what to do with its assets, which are going to be defrozen and so I reject any claim by [Washington] about that there should... be any role for any other country to have an influence on those decisions or on those processes,” Ali Bahreini, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, told reporters. Also read: West Asia war updates on June 22Lebanon heads into a new round of talks with Israel on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) in Washington, with Beirut determined to press ahead ‌with direct negotiations even as they appear to be overshadowed by Iran’s decision to make Lebanon part of its negotiations with the United States. Technical talks between Iran and the United States in Switzerland have concluded, with negotiating groups to be set up on nuclear issues and sanctions, Iran’s state media reported on Tuesday (June 23, 2026). Also read: ‘Will do what I have to do’ if Iran does not stick to deal, asks TrumpIran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said that Tehran will administer the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported on Tuesday (June 23, 2026), following talks pushing to end the U.S.-Israeli war on the Islamic republic.

Tehran alone will decide how to use its frozen assets once they are unfrozen under a U.S.-Iranian deal towards ending the West Asia war, an Iranian ambassador said on June 23, 2026, contradicting U.S. claims.

“Iran is the only country who will decide what to do with its assets, which are going to be defrozen and so I reject any claim by [Washington] about that there should... be any role for any other country to have an influence on those decisions or on those processes,” Ali Bahreini, the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, told reporters.

Also read: West Asia war updates on June 22

Lebanon heads into a new round of talks with Israel on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) in Washington, with Beirut determined to press ahead ‌with direct negotiations even as they appear to be overshadowed by Iran’s decision to make Lebanon part of its negotiations with the United States.

Technical talks between Iran and the United States in Switzerland have concluded, with negotiating groups to be set up on nuclear issues and sanctions, Iran’s state media reported on Tuesday (June 23, 2026).

Also read: ‘Will do what I have to do’ if Iran does not stick to deal, asks Trump

Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said that Tehran will administer the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported on Tuesday (June 23, 2026), following talks pushing to end the U.S.-Israeli war on the Islamic republic.

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