Trump Sends Third Round of Edits on Iran Nuclear and Hormuz Deal as U.S. Intercepts Vessel in Gulf of Oman and Israeli Forces Seize
President Trump said Sunday he had not yet decided whether to approve a draft memorandum with Iran. U.S. forces disabled a cargo ship and Israeli troops seized a historic castle in southern Lebanon the same day.
foxnews.comPresident Trump had not decided by Sunday afternoon whether to approve a draft peace agreement with Iran, CBS News reported. He announced Friday that he would make a final determination after a White House Situation Room meeting, then sent further edits to Tehran.
The edits focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and destroying Iran's stock of highly enriched uranium, according to a source with knowledge of the talks.
The memorandum's main provisions call for a 60-day halt in fighting, reopening of the strait, and a framework to resume nuclear negotiations. Multiple sources told CBS News the text also envisions possible sanctions waivers that could unlock billions in frozen Iranian assets. Mediators led by Pakistan have carried the drafts between Washington and Tehran.
Trump made the latest changes on Friday; this marks the third round of revisions. The edited proposal was returned to Tehran, and no response had been received by Sunday morning. There is no set deadline for a reply.
Trump told Lara Trump in a Thursday interview that he was in "no hurry" to conclude a deal. "There's no deal that's good enough," he said, adding that the one guarantee he requires is that Iran will have no nuclear weapons and that Tehran has agreed to that condition.
U.S. Central Command said Saturday that American forces fired a Hellfire missile into the engine of the Gambian-flagged cargo vessel Lian Star in the Gulf of Oman. U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.
The military has now redirected 116 vessels and stopped six ships trying to run the blockade. U.S. Official said. All seven returned to duty within 24 hours. m. Eastern time on Wednesday; Kuwaiti forces intercepted it.
U.S. Attacks on southern Iran. Israeli forces captured Beaufort castle, also known as Qalaat al-Chakif, on Sunday in the deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than 25 years, the Israeli military said. The medieval fortress near Nabatiyeh had served as an Israeli base from 1982 until the 2000 withdrawal.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement that the capture marked a "dramatic shift" and ordered troops to deepen their hold in areas previously under Hezbollah control. Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli flag had returned to the peaks overlooking Galilee towns and that Israel intends to keep the castle.
The Israeli military issued an evacuation order for areas south of the Zahrani River and north of the Litani, roughly 25 miles from the border.
France requested an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting on Sunday, citing Israel's expanding presence in Lebanese territory. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth returned to Washington early Sunday after addressing the Shangri-La defense conference in Singapore.
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