Donald Trump said a deal with Iran would be electronically signed within the next two to three hours and that he would ask Tehran not to respond to Israeli strikes that targeted Hezbollah, Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst reported, citing an interview with the US president on Sunday.
President Donald Trump said Israel’s attack on Beirut should not have happened and called on all sides to stand down as the United States and Iran “are so close to a Peace Deal.”
Israeli security officials told the country’s Channel 12 on Sunday that they were prepared for any Iranian response after Israel’s latest strike on Iran-backed Hezbollah in Beirut.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Israel’s attack on Dahieh in Beirut showed Washington either lacked the will or the ability to carry out its commitments, warning that the path forward was impossible if the United States failed to do so.
The deputy inspector of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya joint military command said on Sunday that Israel’s latest attack on Hezbollah in Beirut would not go unanswered.
The Israeli military said on Sunday it had carried out a precise strike on a Hezbollah infrastructure site in Dahieh, in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Iran is still reviewing the memorandum of understanding with the US, IRGC-affiliated Fars News reported, citing an informed source close to the negotiating team.
Qatari negotiators flew to Tehran on Sunday morning as part of efforts to finalize an agreement to end the US-Iran war, Reuters reported, citing a source with knowledge of the situation.
A limited cyberattack on shared communications infrastructure caused disruptions at four Iranian banks, the country's coordination council of banks said on Sunday.
A group of hardliners held protest rallies against an emerging deal with the United States in Tehran and Mashhad, accusing Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi of being an infiltrator and compromising with the US.
President Trump said a deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed Sunday and would immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while warning that he has an “ultimate alternative” if the process fails. He also ruled out any cash exchange in the deal, vowing to retrieve Iran's uranium stocks at a later time.
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi said Saturday that Islamabad will host the signing ceremony for an Iran-US peace agreement by video conference on Sunday. Iran's foreign ministry earlier said the signing will not happen on Sunday.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran’s diplomacy and the efforts of “Lebanese fighters,” referring to Hezbollah, would protect Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and counter Israeli “warmongering.”
“They can never isolate any part of the pillars of the resistance,” Ghalibaf wrote on X.
“The efforts of Lebanon’s brave fighters and the powerful diplomacy of Iran will guarantee the sovereignty and territorial integrity of beloved Lebanon and will upend the Israeli regime’s madness and warmongering,” he added.
Flights in western Iran have been canceled until further notice, IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency reported, adding that no official NOTAM had been issued yet.
An adviser to Iran’s supreme leader said Tehran would teach the attackers a “regrettable lesson” in defense of Lebanon after Israel struck Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday.
“Neither the American diplomatic smile is trustworthy, nor is Israel’s savagery tolerable!" Mohammad Mokhber said on X.
"We will teach the aggressors a lesson they will regret,” he added.
US Senator Lindsey Graham said he hoped a diplomatic solution to end the Iran conflict may be near, but warned that any deal must account for Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel and its ties to Tehran.
“While I hope and pray that a diplomatic solution to end the Iranian conflict and deny Iran the ability to produce a nuclear weapon and stop their reign of terror on the region may be at hand, we still must understand who we are dealing with,” Graham wrote on X.
He said Hezbollah had been “unrelenting” in attacks against Israel since the latest ceasefire and accused the group of forcing evacuations in northern Israel.
"Hezbollah is financed and controlled by Iran, with a lot of American blood on its hands. It is clear to me that no matter what deal we sign with Iran, Hezbollah’s stated ambitions of destroying Israel and making Lebanon a caliphate have not fundamentally changed," he added.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned Israel's strikes on Beirut, saying they took place despite a ceasefire and as the US and Iran were expected to reach an agreement that could pave the way for a peaceful resolution to the conflict.
"I strongly condemn today's Israeli strikes on Beirut," Guterres said in a post on X.
"This conflict is having a devastating impact on the world's economy," he added.
Guterres urged all parties to "show maximum restraint at this crucial moment" and said he strongly hoped for "a successful outcome of the ongoing efforts by the US & Iran."
Israel assesses that Iran will attack Israel despite US President Donald Trump's efforts to restrain Tehran, Israel's i24NEWS reported, citing a security source.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander said Hezbollah was nearing a major victory over Israel.
"The people of the world recognize Lebanon's independence through the greatness of Hezbollah's sacrifices, not through the dependence of some rulers," Esmail Qaani said in a message published by Iranian media.
"Let the whole world look with more open eyes. The victory of the great resistance of the heroic Hezbollah over the vile Zionists is near, God willing," he added.
Israeli officials were taken by surprise by President Donald Trump’s post on Sunday saying “there should be no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon,” the Wall Street Journal reported.
US Central Command said that since the blockade on Iran came into effect on April 13, its forces had redirected 142 commercial ships that complied with its orders and disabled nine vessels that did not comply.
Hezbollah said it carried out 17 attacks on Israeli troops and vehicles inside southern Lebanon on Sunday, targeting forces in Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil, Majdal Zoun, Tyre, Qanatara and Marjayoun.
The Iran-backed militant group said it also fired missiles at Israeli drones in Jezzine and near Sidon, and attacked a military truck.
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