The United States Treasury has issued a landmark 60-day exemption on Iranian oil sanctions, authorizing dollar-denominated trade for the first time in over forty years. This move, known as General License X, allows Iran to access billions of dollars in revenue as negotiations for a permanent peace deal continue in Switzerland. This briefing also covers a significant legal threat from former Israeli security chiefs against Prime Minister Netanyahu over West Bank violence, a major Ukrainian drone strike on critical infrastructure in Sevastopol, and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limits the ability of prisoners to sue individual officials for religious freedom violations.