Big Questions About US-Iran Deal, Trump Wraps G7 Summit, Georgia Primary Results

what's in it. Big questions remain over billions in frozen Iranian funds and the continued Israeli occupation and attacks in Lebanon. Israel has to see the agreement and was turned down. I mean, Martinez, that's Leila Fattel, and this is a first from NPR news.

President Trump wraps up three days at the G7 Summit in France today. He says Iran is in the rear view, but Israel is hurting his efforts or peace. "I've had a great relationship with me, but now BB has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon." He wants to focus on ending the war in Ukraine.

And to candid it backed by President Trump won the Republican nomination for George as a Senate seat, but his pick for Governor lost to a billionaires who spent more than $100 million of his own money.

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Mysteries have every size each week, this American life, wherever you get your podcasts. Vice President, JD Vance's headed to Switzerland this Friday to sign a tentative deal to end the war with Iran. But the details are still unknown, even to Israel, America's partner in this war. So while the two went into this war together, how to end it is driving a wedge between

them. Joining us to discuss this and more is NPR International correspondent, Ayy Batreli Hulis and Cairo, good morning. Good morning, Lila. So this agreement is being signed on Friday, and Ayy, I feel like I've been asking this

since we first reported on it at the beginning of the week.

“Is there any more clarity on what is actually being agreed to here?”

Mm-hmm. Yeah, I mean, well, Iran is giving some indications of what this really centers on. And it's three main points. They say the first is ending the war. The second is that Iran would open the state of her moves again for commercial shipping.

And the third is that the U.S. would end its blockade of Iranian ports, and Iran says that already this week, ships have been reaching Iranian ports ever since the steel was announced. Now, Iran also says that this is a one-and-a-half-page memorandum of understanding, and that after it is signed on Friday, the two sides will sit down for talks on Iran's nuclear program and U.S. sanctions.

And for those talks, fans will be sitting across from Iran's chief negotiator, who is Muhammad Barra Radiba, he's a senior politician, and a former commander in the Revolutionary Guard. Okay, beyond Iran opening the state of Hulis, which, by the way, was fully open before this war, two oil tankers and ships, what do you know about what each side gets here?

So, Vance has been on a media blitz pitching this as a good deal.

He says Iran will dilute its highly enriched uranium and never be able to build a nuclear

weapon. And Trump continues to say that once the state of her moves as open gas prices in the U.S. will plummet. But Iran says it is getting money a lot under the steel. Iranian media say $12 billion in frozen assets will be released in the initial phase

of the coming 60-day period, and that billions more will come as nuclear talks progress. But Vance says Iranians won't see any money until they've changed their behavior, but he hasn't denied that Iranian funds will be unlocked in this deal. You know, Israel and the United States started this war together. Israel's ambassador to the U.S. told MPR on the show yesterday that Israel doesn't even

know what's in this agreement. So how is that going to affect talks?

“It's important to remember later that Trump and every country in this region from Egypt”

to Pakistan to the Gulf Arab States to Turkey, they all want this war to end except for Israel. This is hurting their economies, but Iran insists that any ceasefire agreement has to include Israel's war in Lebanon against the Iran-backed Hisbola.

And last night, Iran's Revolutionary Guard issued a warning saying that if Israel does not

stop those attacks in Lebanon, it should expect a harsh response from Iran. And Iran also says that the first clause of that deal being signed on Friday says that attacks on Lebanon will be halted, but that hasn't happened yet. And look, this is a major wedge issue now between Israel and the U.S. Trump has admitted a cursing at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calls, and you can hear his frustration

yesterday in comments he made at the G7 summit in France. I'll tell you what, Israel was fighting Israel at too long and too many people have been killed. And you don't have to knock down an apartment at every time you're looking for somebody. There's a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they're not all as below that

I can tell you. But these wars are popular in Israel, Leila, and Netanyahu faces elections this year, and it's important that he demonstrates Israel's policies are not being dictated by the White House, and he says Israel will remain in Lebanon for as long as necessary. But Iran says it views any continued occupation of Lebanon as a violation of this initial

That's an PR international correspondent, Ayah Metrali, in Cairo.

Thank you, Ayah. Thanks, Leila. President Trump wraps up a three-day visit to France where he's meeting with world leaders at the G7 summit. Now this afternoon, he will hold a press conference where he's expected to field questions

about his uncertain agreement to end the war with Iran. We have our deal done with Iran and Chibi successful.

“It goes through a second stage, which I think will be actually easier.”

But before leaving, he will stop at the opulent Palace of Versailles for dinner with French president, Emmanuel Macron. And Pierre's White House correspondent, Franco Ordoñaz, has been traveling with the president and he joins us now from Avion. Hi, Franco.

Hey, Leila. So President Trump has been touting his agreement all week, but he has yet to really release any details and he's specific details. Why is that raising concerns?

Well, I mean, it's because the details of the agreement are so crucial.

I mean, most experts in former officials that I speak with largely support this. I mean, it's a step toward the end of fighting and putting something in writing helps hold the sides accountable. Now Trump may say the second stage is easier, but I was speaking with Katherine Thompson, who worked on Middle East policy and Trump's defense department.

And it's now at the Kato Institute, a libertarian think tank. And she told me the next 60 days are crucial, and it's where it really gets hard. And that's because the thorny issues are still on the table, like what happens to the nuclear material that Iran still has, and what is the US really prepared to do regarding sanctions relief?

I am skeptical that we are going to achieve something in 60 days.

“I think that's a really ambitious timeline.”

You know, the US started with this war with Israel, and now Israel is a potential spoiler, right? Their leadership has been really vocal about not wanting to comply with Iran's demands in Lebanon. How do they fit in here?

Yeah. I expect that's going to be another big part of the press conference this afternoon. I mean, particularly Trump's relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And that is because Israel really is another wild card that could blow up this deal. I mean, Israel has not signed on yet, and Trump has openly raised his concerns that Netanyahu

can't stop dropping bombs on Lebanon, which Trump has said has heard his own efforts to reach peace with Iran. I've had a great relationship with baby, but now baby has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon. Let me just add, Layla, when talking to us reporters yesterday, Trump seemed to be sending

a message straight to Netanyahu, when he said that quote, "Israel would have been blown off the face of the earth, if not for him."

“And these tensions that are not new, but they are important, and it's something to watch”

in the coming weeks, because what happens in Israel and Lebanon could play a major role in whether this deal is a success? So a lot of eyes on another leader this week, President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine. He was at the summit, and there were a lot of questions about whether Trump would meet with him, did he?

Yeah, he did. And Trump was part of the group of G7 leaders who met with Zelensky to talk about the war in Ukraine, Trump met with Zelensky again briefly along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump told us reporters after that it was a good meeting, and that now with Iran in the rear

view mirror, there's our his words, that he plans to turn his focus to the war in Ukraine. He told us he would do whatever he could, and he added that he also spoke earlier with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and noted that the U.S. would soon be able to reimpose sanctions on Russia, which were eased during the Iranian war. Well, we'll have to see if Iran is really in the rear view mirror, that's White House

correspondent for "Go Jordanians" in "Evian" France. Thank you. Thank you, Leila. Primary results in Georgia show a mixed record for President Trump's endorsements has picked for Senate, one of primary runoff his choice for governor, did not.

There are also primaries on Tuesday in Oklahoma, Alabama, and Washington, D.C. Where I will bother with member station W.A.B.E. in Atlanta is covering the primaries and joins me now. Good morning. Good morning.

Well, lots of cover here, Georgia's a purple state, and the race for governor is expected to be close. Who's the Republican nominee? So the winner there, according to AP, race call was a candidate, most Georgians, even his supporters didn't know when the year started.

Billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson, he came flying into this race in February

spent more than 100 million of his own money, eventually defeating Lieutenant Governor

Bert Jones on a runoff. Jones has had the longtime backing of President Donald Trump as a state senator, Jones backed efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results where Trump lost. On the campaign trail, Jackson says he's like Trump in his victory speech, he focused on affordability and his personal rags to richest story, which is hit home with voters on the

When you grow up the way I did, you never forget where you came from.

“You never forget the families who are working harder than ever, but still falling behind.”

Jackson now faces democratic nominee and former Atlanta mayor, Keisha Lansbottoms, this fall. Okay, let's turn to the Senate race. Who's the Republican nominee to challenge democratic and come in, John Ossoff? So there, AP race call says its congressman Mike Collins, who picked up the endorsement

of President Donald Trump on Sunday, he's very much like Trump.

He's controversial, at times incendiary on social media, he focuses on issues like anti-immigrant

rhetoric in his victory speech he attacked Ossoff. He's going to have millions and millions of dollars per and in here from his New York and California donors, the political establishment, the mainstream media, and the global elites. They're going to be working overtime to get him re-elected.

Now social media last night, Ossoff, who is Jewish called Collins quote, a notorious bigot anti-Semite and extremist, Ossoff has been attacking Trump and it will be trying to tie Collins to him.

“And what are the takeaways from the primaries in Oklahoma and Alabama?”

In both states, Republicans will be the favorites heading into the November general election. In Alabama, Republican congressman Barry Moore, who was endorsed by Trump won the party primary for Senate defeating a former Navy SEAL, according to AP race call. He'll face democratic lawyer, Everett West. In Oklahoma, you may remember Mark Wayne Mullin was in the Senate by got appointed Homeland

Security Secretary. He's being replaced. AP race call says the Trump and Doris Congressman Kevin Hurn, while the Republican primary for that, the Democrats are headed to a runoff. OK, I'm here in DC, where there's another closely watched primary race where voters are really weighing what kind of leader they want, with a president who hasn't been hesitant

“to interfere in local politics, is there a clear winner yet?”

We don't have final results there yet, votes are still being counted. There's been a lot of attention on those race, because Mayor Muro Bowser is leaving after 12 years in office, that democratic primary includes a democratic socialist, Janice Lewis George, who's on city council, president Trump is threatened to have the federal government take over control of the city if she becomes mayor.

Another contender, Kenyan McDuffie is a former council member, right now, Lewis George is leading its ranked choice voting there, and votes are still being counted. That's our old bolly of W. A. B.E. in Atlanta. Thank you so much for your reporting. No problem.

And that's the first for Wednesday, June 17th. I'm Leyla Faldon.

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