“US Israel Iran War”

US President Donald Trump had a meeting with top aides on Friday to make a “final determination” about a framework for extending the ceasefire with Iran, but it concluded without clarity on the next steps.

He said Iran must agree to never have a nuclear weapon or bomb, that the Strait of Hormuz be reopened for “unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions”, and that any mines in the waterway are “destroyed”.

The meeting was held in the White House’s Situation Room, used for dealing with major crises. Iran earlier said it was not negotiating on its nuclear programme – which it insists is wholly for civilian purposes.

Negotiators for the US and Iran have agreed a framework of a deal that would extend their ceasefire for 60 days and launch negotiations on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme, US officials say.

The agreement is yet to be approved by President Donald Trump or the leadership in Iran, the officials told the BBC.

But there were conflicting reports from Tehran, with Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency quoting a source close to talks who said it had not been finalised or confirmed.

We’ll see.

Once again, the US appears prepared to negotiate another agreement with Iran in the hope of limiting Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and reducing tensions in the Middle East. The negotiations are a dangerous illusion, based on the false assumption that compromise, sanctions relief, and engagement are the only path to regional stability.

There can be no “good” deal with a jihadist regime that openly sponsors terrorism across the Middle East, brutalizes its own people, calls for the destruction of Israel, and continues to chant “Death to America.”

US President Donald Trump has said he is “not satisfied” yet with the terms of the deal being negotiated with Iran.

He said Tehran was “very much intent” on reaching an agreement to end the conflict, but added “so far they haven’t gotten there”, repeating Washington’s willingness to resume strikes if one is not reached.

His remarks came after Iranian state TV reported what it said were details of a draft agreement, which included reopening the Strait of Hormuz and the withdrawal of US forces from the region.

Iran will sign a peace agreement with the United States only if $24bn (£17.8bn) worth of frozen assets are released.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Tehran’s chief negotiator, and Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, delivered the ultimatum during meetings with Qatari officials in Doha.

They insisted that the Islamic Republic would not proceed with any agreement until half the frozen assets – worth $12bn – are transferred when the memorandum of understanding is announced, with the remainder released over the following 60 days.

In Iran, trust is an invaluable currency. But it is in short supply.

For more than 100 days, the Islamic Republic – one of the world’s most militarised theocracies, a state built on the idea of unimpeachable authority – has been governed by a supreme leader no one has seen.

And now it is expected to do a deal with the United States.

But the system of government is fractured. Not everyone can be controlled, and hardliners within the parliament and military are doing their best to scupper any agreement.

Internet access has started to be restored in Iran after being cut off almost three months ago, the country’s first vice-president has said.

“The first step toward free and regulated access to cyberspace has been taken,” Mohammad Reza Aref wrote on X on Tuesday.

Internet monitoring groups Netblocks and Kentik reported “partial” restoration around 13:00 GMT, though the latter warned most networks were still down.

“No deal is better than a bad deal,” Donald Trump said in the summer of 2015.

There are multiple, conflicting reports about a possibly imminent “deal” the Trump administration may ink with Iran’s regime. If true — more on that to come — some of the reported details are baffling and alarming.

The US said it launched new strikes on southern Iran on Monday, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines.

The strikes were in “self-defence” and designed “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces”, US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday it had downed a US drone and fired at a fighter jet and another drone that entered Iranian airspace, state media reported. It did not specify when this happened.

A day after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in an airstrike, Binyamin Netanyahu stood before a camera against the backdrop of Tel Aviv’s skyline. Israelis had died in Iranian missile strikes and he grieved them, the prime minister said.

With the help of his friend President Trump, he could finally do what he had “yearned for 40 years” to do: to “smite the terror regime” in Iran, he said.

Iran says some progress has been reached in talks with the US, but a deal “is not imminent”.

Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqai’s remarks came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said an agreement could possibly be reached on Monday.

“It is correct to say that we have reached a conclusion on a large portion of the issues under discussion,” Baqai said in Tehran on Monday. “But to say that this means the signing of an agreement is imminent – no-one can make such a claim.”

WASHINGTON — American negotiators believe that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has signed off on the “broad template” of a peace plan in which his nation would agree “in principle” to dispose of its highly enriched uranium.

The deal, which would reopen the Strait of Hormuz to free passage of ships after three months of war, could still take days for final ratification by Iranian negotiators as both sides wrangle over its wording.

US President Donald Trump says an agreement with Iran has been “largely negotiated” and details will be announced soon.

The deal would include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, he said on Saturday, without giving further details.

Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei earlier told state television that US and Iranian positions had been converging in the last week, but warned that did not mean agreements would be reached on key issues and accused the Americans of “contradictory statements”.

And shots were fired near the White House … but the situation is said to be under control

BREAKING: About 30 shots fired outside the White House.

Secret Service reportedly rushed the press who were on the north lawn into the press briefing room.

ABC reporter Selina Wang was in the middle of filming when the shots rang out.pic.twitter.com/KvRZgbuXlm

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 23, 2026