PRESS REVIEW – Monday, June 15: Papers discuss the US-Iran "truce of convenience". According to the Israeli paper Haaretz, Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is humiliated by Donald Trump. The US president has just turned 80, but is "really uncomfortable with ageing". Finally, could Gwyneth Paltrow get cancelled? Many people hope so.
The Financial Times calls the US-Iran deal a "truce of convenience". A week into the US war against Iran, Donald Trump promised "unconditional surrender", but now he is presenting a deal that gives more leverage to the Islamic Republic. The paper quotes Dan Shapiro, a former senior US official, who calls it "a very weak deal for the US". The Wall Street Journal outlines the main issues to watch to see if the deal is for real:
