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The Monexus
Vol. I · No. 168
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
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Updated 22:16 UTC
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  • 22:14:00ZRNINTELPresident Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian electronically signed the MoU, the first known bilateral U.S.-Ira
  • 22:13:01ZDDGEOPOLITIran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Esmail Baghaei: "Iran's missiles are meant to be fired, not negotiated over. Our missiles don't eve
  • 22:12:25ZRNINTELThe U.S. and Iran digitally signed the MoU to end the war tonight, according to Axios, citing two senior U.S. officia
  • 22:11:18ZTASNIMNEWSBaqaei, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: It is our power to guarantee the implementation of this memorandum; The leve
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