Finally, after what have seemed like countless false starts, a deal has been agreed by the US and Iran. Both sides have predictably claimed victory.
US President Donald Trump has boldly declared: "This Great Deal will bring Peace and Security to the whole Region."
Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi hailed what he called his country's military achievements as he confirmed that the Memorandum of Understanding had been signed.
All sides, including the mediator, Pakistan, are saying that the deal will see the lifting both of Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz and The US blockade of Iranian ports, although this may not be immediate.
That will go some way to relieving pressure on Trump over the harm to the global economy caused by the former, while Iran's collapsing economy will gain some relief from the latter.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif - who was the first to announce the deal - has said that the agreement also calls for the "immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon".
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