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.
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.
The Israeli military said it killed senior Hezbollah commander Ali Musa Daqduq, whom it accused of playing a central role in attacks and combat operations against Israel and its forces.
The Israel Defense Forces said Daqduq had held five senior positions in Hezbollah.
The military said Daqduq orchestrated the kidnapping and killing of five American soldiers in 2007.
The head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee said a “strong response is coming” after Israel’s strike on Beirut.
“Today’s crime by the Zionist regime in Dahieh, Beirut once again proved the US is weak without credibility, as it is not even capable of controlling this illegitimate regime. A strong response is coming,” Ebrahim Azizi said.
Donald Trump said the signing of a US-Iran deal to end the war was still on track for Sunday despite Israel’s strike in Beirut and Iran’s threat to retaliate, Axios reporter Barak Ravid said on X, citing a short interview with the US president.
"Why did Bibi have to do a f***ing attack? I was so (pissed) off. I let him know. He has no f***ing judgement. I let him know that," Ravid quoted Trump as saying.
Mediators are optimistic a US-Iran deal is “nearly over the line” and talks have been progressing well, Reuters reported, citing an official involved in the talks.
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Israel’s strike on Beirut was not expected to disrupt plans for a preliminary memorandum with Iran to be signed.
“From all I know, we are on track. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when,” Hegseth said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”
“We’re attuned to what’s happening with Hezbollah firing rockets into northern Israel, which they need to stop doing, and Iran needs to encourage them to stop doing that in very adamant ways,” he said.
Hegseth said Israel was “very measured in its response,” adding that it understood “we’re on the verge of a deal.”
“I don’t expect that to disrupt,” he said. “If Iran wants this to hold, they need to pull back Hezbollah, no doubt.”
Hegseth said any arrangement with Iran would require its nuclear material to be destroyed, removed or downblended, with inspections and oversight.
“Nuclear material will be destroyed and removed. The nuclear program will be dismantled,” he said.
He also said the US military option would remain in place if Iran failed to comply with the terms of a deal.
“We’ll make sure the military option is there,” he said.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said decisions on war and negotiations with the United States rest with Ians's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei and the Supreme National Security Council, and that all factions must follow those decisions.
Speaking at a meeting with media officials, Pezeshkian said it was regrettable to use labels such as “treason” and “selling out the country” against Iran’s negotiating team.
He said commentary on state TV about the war and talks with Washington does not necessarily reflect the views of the Supreme National Security Council, the Supreme Defense Council or Mojtaba Khamenei’s guidance.
Mohammad-Hossein Khoshvaght, the brother-in-law of Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s brother, criticized those opposed to Iran signing a memorandum of understanding with the United States to end the war.
“In the SNSC, military and security commanders and representatives of the leadership, alongside the president and the foreign minister, have reviewed the issue of the memorandum of understanding to end the war under the supervision of the leadership, taking into account Iran’s interests and benefits, and have reached a conclusion; what does opposition to it, alongside Netanyahu, by some people mean?!” Khoshvaght wrote on X.
US Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said President Donald Trump still intended for the preliminary framework of a peace deal with Iran to be signed.
“The president has every intent for it to happen. I’ll leave the actual details and timing to the White House,” Waltz said on ABC’s “This Week.”
“The Iranians are incredibly difficult negotiators, coupled with the fact that they’re having a very hard time getting guidance from their supreme leader, and they’re not always on the same page within their team,” he added.
Waltz said Trump and US negotiators were confident the deal would happen.
“They have every intent of getting this done today,” he said.
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