Trump Weighs Iran Peace Proposal as U.S. Conducts Strikes and Israel Seizes Hezbollah Position

President Trump had not decided by Sunday afternoon whether to approve a proposed peace agreement with Iran. He announced Friday that he would make a final determination after a White House Situation Room meeting but later sent additional edits to Tehran. The edits focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and removing Iran's highly enriched uranium.

-Iran memorandum of understanding were somewhat significant. The memorandum outlines a 60-day cessation of violence, reopening of the strait, and a framework to resume nuclear talks, with possible sanctions relief allowing Iran access to billions in frozen assets. Mediators led by Pakistan are handling the exchanges.

President Trump stated in a Truth Social post that any deal must include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian cooperation to destroy its highly enriched uranium. He told Lara Trump in a Thursday interview that he was in no hurry because no deal was good enough yet and that Iran had agreed there would be no nuclear weapons. S.

Central Command reported that American fighter aircraft conducted self-defense strikes on Saturday and Sunday against Iranian radar sites, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones. S. MQ-1 drone over international waters.

U.S. to launch attacks on a telecoms tower on Siri Island. Kuwait said its air defenses intercepted incoming drone and missile fire early Monday.

U.S. service members and three contractors suffered minor injuries last week when an Iranian ballistic missile struck a Kuwaiti air base; all seven returned to duty within 24 hours. m.

Eastern time on Wednesday, and Kuwaiti forces intercepted it. S. Blockade of Iranian ports. The vessel was disabled in the Gulf of Oman while attempting to reach an Iranian port. Israeli forces captured Beaufort Castle, also known as Qalaat al-Chakif, near Nabatiyeh on Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the seizure a dramatic shift and vowed to push deeper into Lebanon. Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli flag had returned to peaks overlooking Galilee towns. Israeli troops previously held the castle from 1982 until 2000.

The Israeli army announced that Staff Sgt. Adam Tzarfati, 20, was killed in combat in southern Lebanon on Monday. -Israeli strikes on Iran. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Monday that Lebanon faced vicious and reprehensible Israeli aggression.

N. Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Lebanon on Monday. m. A. and criticized critics who keep negatively chirping that he should move faster or slower.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth returned early Sunday from the Shangri-La defense conference in Singapore, where he said the administration wants partners, not protectorates.