{"id":1164,"date":"2026-05-26T10:40:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/26\/us-strikes-iranian-targets-amid-agreement-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:40:23","slug":"us-strikes-iranian-targets-amid-agreement-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1164","title":{"rendered":"US strikes Iranian targets amid agreement talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--article t-content--video t-content--video--16x9\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9 t-content__main-media\" data-media-video-c5a12237-7163-426c-8af8-045c7766623b data-show-hidden-video-player=\"C5A12237-7163-426C-8AF8-045C7766623B\" data-wrapper-video-player data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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But Trump is now moving towards Iran&#8217;s line regarding the destruction of enriched uranium. FRANCE 24&#8217;s Fraser Jackson tells us more.                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__authors\">\n<div class=\"m-from-author\">\n                    <span class=\"m-from-author__by-label\"><br \/>\n                Video by:<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m-author\">\n<div class=\"m-author__name\">\n                                                    <a href=\"\/en\/fraser-jackson\/\" title=\"Fraser JACKSON\" class=\"m-author__name__title\"><br \/>\n                                Fraser JACKSON<br \/>\n                            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__tags\">\n<div class=\"m-section-title m-section-title--small\">Keywords for this article<\/div>\n<ul class=\"m-tags-list\">\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/us-military\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"US military\">    US military<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/iran\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Iran\">    Iran<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li class=\"m-tags-list__tag\">\n                <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"a-hot-tag\" title=\"Donald Trump\">    Donald Trump<\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <button class=\"m-box-expand__button a-link\" data-box-expand-button><br \/>\n        <span class=\"m-box-expand__button__open\"><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"a-hover-content\" data-hover-label=\"Read more\">Read more<\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"m-box-expand__button__close\" data-box-expand-button-close>                <\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"a-hover-content\" data-hover-label=\"Read less\">Read less<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"t-content__below-main\">\n<div data-org-name=\"video-playlist\" data-org-type=\"layout-list\" class=\"o-layout-list  grid-1-2-3\" data-layout-list-wrapper>\n<div class=\"o-layout-list__item\">\n<div class=\"m-item-list-article m-item-list-article--content-visibility m-item-list-article--hor-to-ver\" data-article-list>\n<a class=\"m-item-image m-item-image--16x9\" href=\"\/en\/saxophone-colossus-sonny-rollins-dies-at-95\" data-article-item-link aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/b10a4208-58ae-11f1-9c51-005056a90284\/w:720\/p:16x9\/AP101004152977.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/b10a4208-58ae-11f1-9c51-005056a90284\/w:177\/p:16x9\/AP101004152977.jpg 177w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/b10a4208-58ae-11f1-9c51-005056a90284\/w:388\/p:16x9\/AP101004152977.jpg 388w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/b10a4208-58ae-11f1-9c51-005056a90284\/w:480\/p:16x9\/AP101004152977.jpg 480w,https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/b10a4208-58ae-11f1-9c51-005056a90284\/w:720\/p:16x9\/AP101004152977.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) calc(100vw - 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