Live Updates: Trump says he's not under pressure over Iran war deal as status of peace talks remains unclear

Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 2,387 people since the war with Hezbollah erupted six weeks ago, a Lebanese government body said Monday.

The disaster risk management unit added that 7,602 people had been wounded over the same period.

Since a 10-day ceasefire went into force, authorities and rescuers have been recovering bodies under the rubble of buildings in areas that were subjected to heavy Israeli strikes.

Meanwhile, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Monday that planned talks with Israel aim to end hostilities and the occupation in the southern part of the country, even as Hezbollah and its supporters rejected the negotiations.

Only a day after threatening that Iran would be "getting blown up" unless the regime signed a U.S.-backed deal, the president on Monday said he's in no rush to reach an agreement with Tehran. 

"The Democrats are doing everything possible to hurt the very strong position we are in with respect to Iran," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social, noting that Democrats "like to say that I promised 6 weeks to defeat Iran."

The president insisted that from a military standpoint, it was "far faster" than six weeks to defeat Iran. Still, he said, "I'm not going to let them rush the United States into making a deal that is not as good as it could have been." 

"I read the Fake News saying that I am under 'pressure' to make a Deal," he wrote. "THIS IS NOT TRUE! I am under no pressure whatsoever, although, it will all happen, relatively quickly! Time is not my adversary, the only thing that matters is that we finally, after 47 years, straighten out the MESS that other Presidents let happen because they didn't have the Courage or Foresight to do what had to be done with respect to Iran."

No incidents were reported for 24 hours in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, according to a British trade group.

The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations group said no incidents were reported in the area between noon Eastern time Sunday and noon Monday.

According to the group, a tanker reported being fired upon by two Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats Saturday 20 nautical miles northeast of Oman. The tanker and its crew were reported to be safe after the incident.

Later in the day, a container ship reported being hit by an unknown projectile, damaging some containers.

Oil prices were climbing Monday, but the moves were more modest than they were earlier in the war. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, are giving back a bit of their record-breaking rally.

The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% from its all-time high and is on track for just its second drop in 14 days after the United States seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 22 points, or 0.05%, as of 1:18 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.45% lower.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, climbed 5.51% to $95.36 on worries that Iran could keep petroleum pent up in the Persian Gulf if it continues to block tankers from exiting the Strait of Hormuz. 

It's a turnaround from the last trading day on Wall Street, when stocks soared and oil prices tumbled Friday after Iran said it was reopening the strait to commercial traffic. That enthusiasm vanished quickly after Iran closed the strait again Saturday following the U.S. decision to press ahead with its blockade of Iranian ports.

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The U.S. will host a second round of talks between Israel and Lebanon later this week, a State Department official told CBS News.

The ambassador-level talks are expected to take place Thursday at the State Department.

"The United States welcomes the productive engagement that began on April 14," the official told CBS News. "We will continue to facilitate direct, good-faith discussions between the two governments."

A U.S.-brokered 10-day ceasefire that began last Thursday has remained shaky, with ongoing Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon and several violation claims by Hezbollah and Lebanese officials.

The fragile truce followed the first direct Israel-Lebanon talks in decades, which were hosted by the U.S. and attended by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Counselor Mike Needham, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter, and Lebanon's Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country wouldn't submit to force following President Trump's threat to attack Iran's power plants and bridges if the two countries can't make a deal.

Pezeshkian also accused U.S. officials of sending unconstructive and contradictory signals Monday ahead of a potential second round of peace talks.

"Honoring commitments is the basis of meaningful dialogue," Pezeshkian said on social media. "Deep historical mistrust in Iran toward U.S. gov conduct remains, while unconstructive & contradictory signals from American officials carry a bitter message; they seek Iran's surrender. Iranians do not submit to force."

President Trump told Bloomberg on Monday that Vice President JD Vance would depart later in the day for Pakistan, where he is expected to lead a U.S. delegation including senior envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr. Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in a second round of talks with Iran.

Hours earlier, the New York Post quoted Mr. Trump as saying the three men were already on their way to Pakistan.

Iran has not confirmed that any senior officials will even take part in a second round of talks with the Trump administration, with the regime voicing continued frustration over the ongoing U.S. naval blockade of its ports and vessels.

Mr. Trump was also quoted by Bloomberg as saying the current two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire will expire on Wednesday evening Eastern time. Based on when it was first announced, it had been expected that the truce would lapse on Tuesday night in Washington, which would be early Wednesday morning in the Middle East.

If Iran does not accept his offer for a full peace deal, Mr. Trump has indicated that he's unlikely to agree to an extension of the ceasefire, warning Bloomberg that if the truce lapses, he "would certainly expect" fighting to resume immediately.

He warned Sunday that if Iran doesn't accept his terms, he will order strikes to destroy all of the country's power plants and bridges.

Iran's Tasnim news agency, which is closely associated with the country's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said Monday that, according to "information obtained" by sources it declined to name, there was still no plan to send a delegation from Tehran to Pakistan for a second round of direct talks with U.S. officials.

The report came shortly after President Trump was quoted by the New York Post as saying a senior U.S. delegation led by Vice President JD Vance were already en route to Pakistan. 

Despite that announcement, "there has been no change in Iran's decision not to attend the talks as of the time of this report," Tasnim said, adding that while the ongoing U.S. naval blockade of Iran's ports and vessels "a very major obstacle in the negotiations … there are other excessive demands from the American side" which leave Iranian officials doubtful of a diplomatic breakthrough.

Tasnim said Iranian negotiators believed sitting opposite the Vance delegation "would merely be a waste of time, and Iran will not join the United States in this time-wasting process." 

Speaking Monday to Bloomberg, President Trump reiterated that the U.S. blockade would not be dropped until a final peace deal with Iran is reached, and he told the news outlet it was "highly unlikely" that he would extend the current ceasefire beyond its expiration on Tuesday night U.S. time if no agreement is nailed down.

President Trump said Monday in a post on his Truth Social platform that Israeli officials did not convince him the U.S. should go to war with Iran, but that he chose to engage in the joint offensive because of Iranian-backed Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack and Iran's nuclear ambitions.

"Israel never talked me into the war with Iran," Mr. Trump said in the post. "The results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, did." 

Congress has concluded that it was not clear whether Iran, which has historically supported Hamas, knew of plans for the Oct. 7 attack before hand, and some reports suggested the attack took top Iranian officials by surprise.

"Just like the results in Venezuela, which the media doesn't like talking about, the results in Iran will be amazing," Mr. Trump added, referring to the U.S. operation in Caracas that resulted in the arrest of former president Nicolás Maduro.

Some of Mr. Trump's prominent backers, including media commentator Tucker Carlson and former head of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent, have claimed Israel dragged the U.S. into the ongoing war with Iran. 

The White House has repeatedly pushed back against the allegations as baseless.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has addressed the imminent expiration of the current two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire, which is set to run out Wednesday local time (Tuesday evening in the U.S.), saying "war benefits no one." 

"While standing firm against threats, every rational and diplomatic route should be used to reduce tensions," Pezeshkian said in remarks during a visit to the Iranian Ministry of Justice on Monday, according to Iran's state-run Press TV network.

Pezeshkian said Iranians "must be kept informed of the country's realities," according to Press TV, and that "providing inaccurate information or unrealistic promises not only fails to help resolve issues, but also undermines public trust."

"Both achievements and challenges should be shared honestly with the public," Pezeshkian said.

Earlier Monday, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said Tehran was "not optimistic" about its dealings with the U.S. amid speculation about further peace talks.

President Trump told The Hill on Monday that his energy secretary, Chris Wright, is "totally wrong" that gas prices in the U.S. may not dip below $3 this year. 

On Sunday, CNN asked Wright when it would be realistic for Americans to expect gas to dip back below the $3 mark, where it was before the U.S. and Israel launched their joint war with Iran.

"I don't know. That could happen later this year. That might not happen until next year," Wright told CNN. "But prices have likely peaked, and they'll start going down."

He said under $3 "is pretty tremendous in inflation-adjusted terms," but added, "we'll get back there, for sure." 

On Monday, however, the president took issue with Wright's caution, insisting gas prices would drop "as soon" as the war ends. 

"I think he's wrong on that," Mr. Trump told The Hill. "Totally wrong." 

The U.S. Energy Information Administration, as of earlier this month, said it expects gas and diesel prices to remain higher than previously projected into 2027. In January, before the war began, the EIA anticipated national gas prices to average $2.95 per gallon in 2027. Now, it projects retail gas prices will be $3.46 per gallon, on average, in 2027. 

President Trump told the New York Post shortly after 9 a.m. Eastern on Monday that Vice President JD Vance, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, were on their way to Pakistan for negotiations with Iran, and were expected to arrive Monday night local time in Islamabad. 

CBS News has asked the White House to confirm Vance's imminent arrival in Islamabad, given that the president previously said the vice president would not join a second round of talks with Iranian officials in Pakistan, "because of security." 

"They're heading over now," the president said, according to the newspaper. "They'll be there tonight, [Islamabad] time."

Iran has not committed to taking part in a new round of talks with the U.S., with Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei saying Monday there were "no plans for the next round of negotiations."

The White House has not publicly confirmed that a senior U.S. delegation is on the way to Islamabad, nor who would be in the group.  

A two-week ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. is set to expire Tuesday night in the U.S., which will be early Wednesday in the Middle East. Mr. Trump has warned that if Iran does not accept his offer for a deal, he will order strikes to destroy all of its power plants and bridges.

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Monday that they had dismantled an Iran-linked extremist cell "planning to carry out systematic terrorist and sabotage operations" in the UAE.

In a post on X, the UAE department of state security announced the arrest of at least 27 men whom it said had "held clandestine meetings both inside the UAE and abroad with individuals and suspicious groups."

They are accused of "spreading misleading ideas among Emirati youth, recruiting them for foreign-aligned loyalties, inciting against state policies, attempting to portray the UAE negatively, and collecting funds through unofficial channels to transfer to suspicious external entities."

A video accompanying the announcement showed several men being arrested by Emirati security services, including one being hauled out of a vehicle as it crashed into another one.

More than 60 nations sent representatives to Brussels Monday for talks with Palestinian representatives on stability, security and long-term peace in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, as global attention largely remains focused in the Middle East on the ongoing crises in Iran and Lebanon.

There's renewed momentum in the 27-nation European Union to put meaningful pressure on Israel over its military campaigns in the Middle East after the election defeat of Viktor Orbán in Hungary, a staunch ally of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Hungary's next leader, Péter Magyar, has already indicated he would act differently from Orbán on Israel. The carnage in Lebanon and Iran, alongside the continued violence and misery in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, is driving some leaders critical of Netanyahu, like Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, to push for decisive action.

Ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and continued devastation in Gaza have dimmed the prospect for a two-state solution, said Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot ahead of the meeting Monday. He is co-hosting the meeting with the EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas.

"We observe without naivety that the two-state solution is being made more difficult by the day," Prévot said. "But Belgium and many European and Arab partners continue to believe that this remains the only realistic path to a lasting peace, for Israelis, for Palestinians and for the stability of the entire region."

Nikolay Mladenov, the director of the Board of Peace created by United States President Donald Trump, and a well-known figure in Brussels, also attended the meeting.

Palestinians in the West Bank say that Israel has used the cover of the Iran war to tighten its grip over the territory, as settler attacks surge and the military imposes additional wartime restrictions on movement, citing security. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he was "stunned and saddened" by a photo of an Israeli soldier striking a statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon.

"I condemn the act in the strongest terms," he wrote in a post on X, adding that military authorities would take "harsh disciplinary action against the offender."

Confirming the authenticity of the photo, which spread quickly on social media, the Israel Defense Forces said earlier Monday in a post on X that it was taking the incident with "great severity," adding that the "soldier's conduct is wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops."

"We express regret for the incident and for any hurt this has caused to believers in Lebanon and around the world," Netanyahu wrote in his post.

Local media reports suggest the fallen statue was in the Christian village of Debl, near the Israeli border in an area IDF forces have occupied for several weeks, forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.

In July 2025, Israel struck the only Catholic Church in Gaza, killing at least three people and wounding its priest. The incident prompted Christian leaders from around the world — including Pope Leo XIV — to urge Israel to stop its destruction of holy sites and civilian lives in Gaza and the West Bank. 

With the prospects of a second round of direct U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan very much uncertain Monday, Pakistan's Interior Minister met separately with the ambassadors from Washington and Tehran in a bid to bridge differences. 

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said earlier that Tehran had no plans to send officials to meet with President Trump's three senior envoys, including Vice President JD Vance, who are expected in Islamabad in the coming days. 

President Trump has warned that if Iran does not accept his peace deal offer, he will order strikes to destroy all of the country's power plants and bridges. The ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. is set to expire on Wednesday morning local time, which will be Tuesday evening in the U.S. 

"Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with Iran's Ambassador Dr. Reza Amiri-Moghaddam" on Monday, the ministry said in a brief statement. "They discussed arrangements for the second phase of talks in Islamabad and emphasized the need for a sustainable solution through diplomatic and negotiation channels to reduce tensions."

Earlier Naqvi visited the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad to speak with Ambassador Natalie Baker. 

"The meeting included detailed discussions on strengthening Pakistan–U.S. relations and the latest situation in the region," the ministry said in a separate statement.

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad warned in a new alert on Monday that Iran-linked militias are plotting attacks against U.S. citizens "and targets associated with the United States" across Iraq.

In the security alert, posted online, the embassy also accused "some elements associated with the Iraqi government" of actively providing "political, financial, and operational cover for these terrorist militias."

Iraqi airspace reopened after the two-week U.S.-Iran ceasefire came into effect – which is due to expire Wednesday – with limited commercial flights running. But U.S. citizens considering flying to, from, or over Iraq "should be aware of the ongoing risk of missiles, drones, and rockets in Iraqi airspace," the embassy warned. 

The embassy also reiterated its warning to U.S. citizens not to travel to Iraq for any reason, and to "leave now if you are there," and the alert offered guidance on various options to do so.

Iran on Monday offered a new death toll for the war with Israel and the United States, with its forensic chief saying at least 3,375 people had been killed in the conflict.

The figure came from Abbas Masjedi, the head of Iran's Legal Medicine Organization.

Masjedi, quoted by the judiciary's Mizan news agency and other outlets Monday, said only four of the dead remain unidentified.

Masjedi said 383 of the dead were children 18 years old and under.

His comments did not break down casualties among civilians and security forces, instead just saying 2,875 were male and 496 were female.

The figures raised questions about whether or not security force members were included, particularly given the levels of intense bombings targeting military bases and arsenals in the country.

Iran has been able to upgrade and replenish its drone and missile capabilities faster during the two-week ceasefire with the U.S. than before the war, a senior Iranian military commander claimed Monday.

Brigadier General Majid Mousavi, commander of the Aerospace Force of Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, posted a video online Sunday showing him at what appeared to be an underground manufacturing facility, with what looked like missiles being assembled.

He said that during the ceasefire, which is due to end Wednesday, Iran has restocked its missile and drone arsenal at a faster rate than it was doing before the war.

"The enemy is unable to recreate such conditions for itself and is forced to bring ammunition from across the world in a very limited, gradual manner," Mousavi wrote in the post.  

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Trump have for weeks identified degrading Iran's ability to build new drones and missiles as a key priority of the offensive, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a month ago that joint U.S.-Israel strikes had already destroyed Iran's "ability to produce ballistic missiles."

The U.S. military is poised to have in the coming days its most significant naval deployment in and around the Middle East since the U.S. and Israel launched their joint attack on Iran seven weeks ago.

The USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier and associated warships returned to the U.S. military Central Command's area of operations after a stop in the eastern Mediterranean. The Ford transited the Suez Canal and entered the Red Sea over the weekend, along with two destroyers, the USS Mahan and the USS Winston S. Churchill.

The Ford, at sea since June and recently deployed to the Caribbean amid the operation against Venezuela, has already broken the record for the longest carrier deployment since the Vietnam War. It returned to the Mideast after a fire in a laundry room forced it to dock in Greece for repairs.

The Ford joins the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is operating in the north Arabian Sea. The USS George HW Bush aircraft carrier, meanwhile, is heading around the Cape of Good Hope off southern Africa's coast and is expected to reach the Middle East sometime near the end of the month, which will make it three U.S. aircraft carriers and their strike groups operating in the region.

Oil prices climbed more than 5% while world shares were mixed Monday as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz. The Persian Gulf waterway was closed again after Iran reversed a decision to reopen the strait and President Trump said a U.S. Navy blockade of Iranian ports would remain in effect.

U.S. benchmark crude gained 5.3% to $87.88 a barrel, while Brent crude, the international standard, was up 5.3% at $95.62 a barrel on Monday.

In share trading, U.S. futures declined, with the contracts for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.7%.

In early European trading, benchmarks declined. Germany's DAX lost 1.6% and the CAC 40 in Paris shed 1.2% to 8,325.67. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.6% to 10,601.64.

Despite renewed doubts about how soon ships will again transport the vast amounts oil the world gets from the Middle East, share prices were mostly higher in Asia, though they gave up the bigger gains of earlier in the session. 

Iran isn't currently planning to attend talks with the United States, the regime said, after President Trump sent U.S. negotiators to Pakistan to take part in renewed talks on Monday, just days before a ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. expires.

The ongoing U.S. blockade of Iranian ports has been a significant sticking point, an issue further complicated by an American destroyer on Sunday firing on and seizing an Iranian ship that tried to evade it.

Tehran said it would retaliate, with the state-run Tasnim news agency reporting that Iran had sent drones in the direction of U.S. military ships after its vessel was seized.

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said in a weekly press briefing Monday that, "As of now ... we have no plans for the next round of negotiation, and no decision has been made in this regard."

State broadcaster IRIB on Sunday cited Iranian sources as saying "there are currently no plans to participate in the next round of Iran-U.S. talks."

The state-run IRNA news agency pointed to the blockade and Washington's "unreasonable and unrealistic demands," saying that "in these circumstances, there is no clear prospect of fruitful negotiations."

"We're offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it," Mr. Trump warned in a social media post on Sunday, while renewing his threat to order strikes to destroy all of Iran's power plants and bridges if a deal isn't reached.

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Hezbollah said it detonated explosives Sunday afternoon in an attack against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.

The group said in a statement Monday that bombs planted by Hezbollah fighters exploded and destroyed four tanks in a convoy of eight tanks that was passing the village of Deir Siryan.

It was the first claim of an attack by Hezbollah since a 10-day ceasefire went into effect at midnight Thursday.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment. 

The Israeli army said Monday that it had determined an image circulating on social media that shows a soldier in south Lebanon hitting a statue of Jesus Christ is authentic and shows an active service member.

The image appears to show an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to strike the head of a statue of a crucified Jesus that had fallen off a cross.

Arab media reports indicated the statue was in the Christian village of Debl in south Lebanon, near the border with Israel in an area that Israeli forces have occupied for weeks, forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate.

The Debl municipality told AFP the statue was located in the village, but couldn't confirm whether it had been damaged.

The Israel army said it viewed the incident with "great severity," adding that the "soldier's conduct is wholly inconsistent with the values expected of its troops," in a post on its official X account Monday.

"Following the completion of an initial examination regarding a photograph published earlier today of an IDF soldier harming a Christian symbol, it was determined that the photograph depicts an IDF soldier operating in southern Lebanon," it said in the post.

The incident is being investigated by the Israeli Northern Command and is currently being "addressed through the chain of command," the military added.

It said "appropriate measures will be taken against those involved" but didn't go into further detail.

The Israel army said it's working with the community to "restore the statue to its place."

The IDF said it is "operating to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure established by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, and has no intention of harming civilian infrastructure, including religious buildings or religious symbols."

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The Iranian military headquarters said the attack and subsequent boarding of an Iranian vessel by U.S. forces was a violation of the ceasefire and an act of "maritime piracy," saying that "Iran will respond soon," according to Iran's state-run broadcaster.

The United States says it fired on the ship and seized it because it had crossed the blockade line after ignoring multiple warnings.

The response came as Iran has yet to comment on President Trump's announcement of new talks in Pakistan this week. Iranian state media, without citing anyone beyond unnamed sources, issued brief reports on Sunday suggesting the talks would not happen.

An Iranian cargo ship that attempted to bypass the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and vessels is in U.S. custody, President Trump said Sunday on Truth Social. Mr. Trump said the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Spruance intercepted the Iranian-flagged ship Touska in the Gulf of Oman and gave the 900-foot-long vessel "fair warning" to stop.

"The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engine room," the president said. "The TOUSKA is under U.S. Treasury sanctions because of its prior history of illegal activity. We have full custody of the ship and are seeing what's on board."

Mr. Trump renewed his warning earlier Sunday that he would order the U.S. military to target civilian infrastructure in Iran, including bridges and power plants, if the regime does not agree to a peace deal. 

"We're offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don't, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran," Mr. Trump wrote on TruthSocial. 

"NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!" Mr. Trump said. "If they don't take the DEAL, it will be my Honor to do what has to be done, which should have been done to Iran, by other Presidents, for the last 47 years. IT'S TIME FOR THE IRAN KILLING MACHINE TO END!"