US-Iran War News Live Updates: US-Iran Negotiations End, Technical Talks To Continue; Netanyahu Issues Warning

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes the Iranian government will collapse as a result of the military campaign. Creating the conditions for a popular uprising was one of his original goals. "I think we created the conditions for its future fall,” Netanyahu told the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem.

"That is what will be the real triumph, when the Iranian people take their own destiny in their hands, and they knock out this brutal regime that is terrorising them and terrorising the rest of the world."

Giving an address at the JNS summit in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, "... In the United States, they say that President Trump does everything that I ask him to do. And in Israel, they say that I do everything he wants me to do. Well, neither is true. We're leaders of independent and proud countries. We stand for our interests. I stand for the interests of Israel, and for its security. Often we see eye to eye. Sometimes we don't. But we respect each other's sovereignty and leadership and commitment to our people."

#WATCH | Giving an address at the JNS summit in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, "... In the United States, they say that President Trump does everything that I ask him to do. And in Israel, they say that I do everything he wants me to do. Well, neither… pic.twitter.com/dHHeWj0mRV

— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, "We do everything in our power to protect our people. We don't have a war with Lebanon. We have a war with Hezbollah, who terrorises Lebanon and seeks our destruction. And when that proxy of Iran is no longer a threat, when it's dismantled, when it's disarmed, yes, we'll have peace with Lebanon. And I look forward to signing it..."

#WATCH | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, "We do everything in our power to protect our people. We don't have a war with Lebanon. We have a war with Hezbollah, who terrorizes Lebanon and seeks our destruction. And when that proxy of Iran is no longer a threat, when… pic.twitter.com/tn0IPRQasS

— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, "... No matter what happens in the talks, with an agreement, without an agreement, I pledge to you that Iran, as long as I'm Prime Minister, will never have a nuclear weapon. Never. As long as I am the Prime Minister of Israel, I will not let that happen... As long as we need to protect our people, we will remain in the security zone in South Lebanon... No country would be asked to do otherwise. Now you imagine the United States across the border. You have thousands, an army of thousands of terrorists who pellet your cities and your towns with rockets and ballistic missiles and killer drones. They kill your soldiers, they kill your citizens, they kill your children and they threaten them every day. Well, what would America do? Would it say, well, there's nothing we can do. Let's hold our fire. Is that what America would say? No. You know well what America would do. It would cross the border, create a security zone, kill the terrorists and protect its people until the threat is removed. That's exactly what we are doing."

#WATCH | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, "... No matter what happens in the talks, with an agreement, without an agreement, I pledge to you that Iran, as long as I'm Prime Minister, will never have a nuclear weapon. Never. As long as I am the Prime Minister of… pic.twitter.com/h4ytKMjRDF

— ANI (@ANI) June 21, 2026

Iran has tied success in the talks to the end of the fighting there. Israel insists it will continue to occupy Lebanese territory and that it must have a free hand to fight Hezbollah, which has launched attacks into northern Israel.

The talks marked the start of a 60-day diplomatic process that seeks to reach a permanent deal to end the Iran war. But the fighting in Lebanon remains one of the key sticking points.

Meanwhile, Iran insisted it had again shut the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf crucial to energy shipments, while the US said traffic continued.

In his message, Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said the first real test of the understandings reached would be a deconfliction method created over the fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah in Lebanon. 

Pakistan, Qatar and Iran all have acknowledged the end of the first round of high-level talks.

Tireless Pakistani and Qatari mediation has delivered major progress to end Lebanon War. Oil and petrochem exports are waived, blockade lifted, some frozen assets released, and major reconstruction & development plan launched for Iran.

1st real test: Lebanon deconfliction cell https://t.co/q0okD2qwSO

— Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) June 22, 2026

Joint Statement by the State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Regarding the Conclusion of Lake Lucerne Summit, First High-Level Committee Meeting with Participation of the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran

🔊PR No: 1️⃣5️⃣1️⃣/2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣

Joint Statement by the State of Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Regarding the Conclusion of Lake Lucerne Summit, First High-Level Committee Meeting with Participation of the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran pic.twitter.com/2G3PAf7LVY

— Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) June 22, 2026

High-level negotiations in Switzerland seeking a permanent end to the Iran war have ended, mediators said early Monday, while technical talks will go on there for the rest of the week.

Pakistan and Qatar, the two mediators there, issued a statement making the announcement. The United States did not immediately acknowledge it. Iran, through foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei speaking to the state-run IRNA news agency, said “good progress was made”.

(Source: AP)

Negotiators hoping to reach a deal to end the war in Iran worked through the night, according to a senior US diplomat engaged in the talks.

The diplomat, who insisted on anonymity to detail private discussions, said the Iranians remained in the talks contrary to some reports, and said that much of the discussions have included clarifying what Iran meant by some of its recent statements about the Strait of Hormuz.

The negotiators also discussed various “mechanisms” to ensure the strait remains open and that a ceasefire in southern Lebanon is enforced.

(Source: AP)