WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he expects an agreement with Iran to extend the current ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz could be reached “over the next week”.
“Looking good, looking good,” Trump told ABC News in a phone interview. “There was a little glitch today, but I turned that one around very quickly, as you probably noticed earlier.”
Trump said the “glitch” stemmed from Iranian anger over Israel’s attacks on Lebanon.
President Trump told @ABC News that he thinks he will have an agreement with Iran to extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz “over the next week.” https://t.co/9cglywf8pH
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“So I spoke with Hezbollah, and I said no shooting, and I talked to Bibi [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] and said no shooting, and they both stopped shooting each other,” he said.
Trump described the possibility of a peace agreement with Iran as potentially “even better than a military victory”.
“It’s not a simple thing,” he said. “You’re talking about a real large country – them – very large country making a deal. Tremendous hostility, really.”
“So it’s not an easy thing for them. It’s actually not easy from our standpoint either. But we’re getting what we need to get.”
As for when the ceasefire extension agreement and a memorandum of understanding to reopen the strait will be completed and agreed to, Trump said: “I think you’re talking about over the next week.”
He said he has not agreed to it yet because “I still have to get a few more points.”
Earlier, US President Donald Trump said on Monday that talks between the United States and Iran are continuing at a “rapid pace,” while also claiming progress on Lebanon ceasefire understandings between Israel and Hezbollah.
In a series of posts on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said negotiations with Iran were ongoing and suggested that Tehran was interested in reaching a deal with Washington that would be beneficial for the United States and its allies.
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Trump said “all shooting will stop” between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, adding that he has spoken with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hezbollah.
“I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no troops going to Beirut, and any troops that are on their way, have already been turned back,” Trump stated.
Trump said he spoke to Hezbollah through “highly placed representatives” and that the group agreed that “all shooting will stop — that Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel”.
In another post, Trump claimed that “Iran really wants to make a deal” with the US.
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us,” Trump said.
Shortly after Trump’s statement, Lebanon’s embassy in Washington said that Hezbollah had accepted a US proposal to stop attacking Israel in exchange for Israel halting attacks on south Beirut.
Under the arrangement, which Hezbollah has accepted according to a statement shared by the Lebanese presidency, “Israeli strikes on Dahiyeh would cease in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from launching attacks against Israel,” referring to Beirut’s southern suburbs, which Israel had threatened to strike on Monday.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he told President Trump that his country would strike Beirut if Hezbollah doesn’t stop attacking Israel.
“I spoke this evening with President Trump and told him that if Hezbollah does not cease attacking our towns and our citizens, Israel will strike terrorist targets in Beirut,” Netanyahu said in a statement posted on X.
“Our position on this remains unchanged. At the same time, the IDF will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon,” he added.
