U.S. president Donald Trump said American forces will remain deployed near Iran until a “real agreement” is reached, as a fragile two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran shows signs of unravelling. Trump wrote
All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy, will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with.
Trump warned that if talks fail, the United States could launch “bigger, and better, and stronger” strikes. He also stressed that Iran will have “no nuclear weapons” and that the Strait of Hormuz “WILL BE OPEN & SAFE.”
The truce, agreed shortly before a U.S.-imposed deadline, was intended to pause a conflict that has killed thousands across the Middle East and shaken global markets. Both Washington and Tehran claimed victory, but divisions quickly emerged over its terms.
Tensions escalated as Israel carried out its heaviest strikes on Lebanon since early March, including in central Beirut, targeting positions linked to the Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah. Lebanese officials said at least 182 people were killed and nearly 900 wounded in a single day.
Hezbollah said it had fired rockets toward Israel, accusing it of violating the ceasefire. However, Washington rejected that claim. Vice President JD Vance said:
If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart…over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice.
The Iranian parliament’s current Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, claimed the “workable basis on which to negotiate” had been violated, calling further talks “unreasonable.”
