US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would soon decide on a proposed deal to extend the ceasefire with Iran, though the two countries still appeared to differ on significant issues that have been central to the conflict. Trump had said on Friday morning that he would meet in a secure White House room to make a "final determination" on the Iran peace deal proposal, which would extend an early-April truce for another 60 days, giving negotiators time to forge a permanent end to the war.
"President Trump will only make a deal that is good for America and satisfies his red lines. Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon," said Defense Secy Pete Hegseth. However, Trump also said Iran would have to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz and dismantle its capacity to make a nuclear weapon - two conditions that Tehran has not agreed to. Trump has insisted he won't be rushed into a bad deal, even as he denies that the war isn't the military quagmire he has long warned against.
The conflict he's called an “excursion” has well surpassed the initial four- to six-week timeline administration officials initially projected. "Iran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb. The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions," Trump said, adding that nuclear material would be "unearthed" by the US.
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US-Iran War News Live Updates: US 'more than capable' of restarting war with Iran, says Pete Hegseth
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that Washington remains fully prepared to resume military operations against Iran if necessary, while also outlining broader US strategic priorities in the Indo-Pacific region.
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore, Hegseth stressed that the United States possesses sufficient military resources and weapons stockpiles to sustain operations in multiple theatres simultaneously.
"Our ability to recommence if necessary is (that) we are more than capable, our stockpiles are more than suited for that, both there and around the globe because of how we balance exquisite and more plentiful munitions," Hegseth said.
His remarks came amid ongoing discussions over a potential diplomatic arrangement between Washington and Tehran following months of conflict and heightened tensions in the Middle East. Addressing the annual defence summit, Hegseth also reiterated the US position that Iran must not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons
US-Iran War News Live Updates: US judge temporarily blocks Trump's $1.8 billion 'weaponization' fund
A US judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from setting up a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate victims of what Trump has called government "weaponization."
The order, opens new tab by US District Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia blocks the Trump administration from "taking any further action" to set up or operate the fund while the judge hears additional legal arguments. The order will remain in effect at least until June 12.
The Justice Department announced the creation of an "Anti-Weaponization Fund" last week as part of an agreement to settle Trump's lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax records.
It set up a $1.776 billion fund overseen by a five-member commission to dole out payments to those who show they were victims of "lawfare" and "weaponization," terms Trump and his allies have used to describe investigations and criminal cases against them.
Friday's ruling came in a lawsuit filed by a group that said it was targeted "by the Trump-Vance administration as ideological or political opponents" and alleged they would be ineligible for payouts from the fund.
US-Iran War News Live Updates: Trump sends mixed signals on Iran as war enters fourth month
US-Iran War News Live Updates: The White House has repeatedly sent conflicting messages on the prospects for a deal with Iran, highlighting President Donald Trump's struggles to find an off-ramp to a conflict now in its fourth month. That pattern continued on Friday.
Trump said in a social media post late in the morning that he was ready to make a "final determination" on a preliminary agreement to extend a fragile ceasefire. Trump will only make a deal that satisfies his redlines, the official said, referring to the president's demands that Iran must abandon its nuclear program, give up its enriched uranium supplies and open the Strait of Hormuz.
The back-and-forth continued a pattern of both sides suggesting an agreement was near, but then signaling disagreement over many of the same issues that have long bedeviled a deal, including the fate of Iran's uranium and nuclear ambitions as well as freedom of navigation of the critical waterway.