Cracks form in U.S.-Iran temporary ceasefire deal following bombing in Lebanon
The White House said what happened in Lebanon wasn't part of the agreement.
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The White House said what happened in Lebanon wasn't part of the agreement.
On Wednesday, the Iranian media said Tehran is suspending tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which is a key point in the ceasefire deal.
Iran officials said Wednesday that a ceasefire and negotiations with the U.S. on ending the war is “unreasonable” and accused the U.S. violating three of Tehran’s 10 conditions for an end to the fighting.
Iran and the U.S. agreed to a two-week cease-fire less than two hours before President Trump’s deadline to strike the country’s bridges and power plants. Natalie Brand reports.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed the ceasefire and said, "We'll be hanging around." He said Iran knows "this agreement means that they will never, ever possess a nuclear weapon."
Vice President JD Vance made the remarks in Hungary, where he is supporting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Tuesday ahead of Orbán's reelection bid.
The U.S. and Iran have agreed to a two-week pause just before the deadline for possible military escalation.
President Trump announced that the U.S. and Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire that was contingent on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
They worry that any escalation could put civilian infrastructure and innocent lives at risk.
Demonstrators said they were hopeful when the supreme leader was killed in a joint Israeli and U.S. airstrike in February, but their patience, they said, is wearing thin as the regime is still in control and threats still loom of U.S. strikes on Iranian infrastructure and people.
Demonstrators said they were hopeful when the supreme leader was killed in a joint Israeli and U.S. airstrike in February, but their patience, they said, is wearing thin as the regime is still in control and threats still loom of U.S. strikes on Iranian infrastructure and people.
On social media, the president announced a "double-sided ceasefire" that includes a suspension of bombing and attacks on Iran for two weeks, now that Iran has agreed to the "complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz."
American journalist Shelly Kittleson is being released on the condition that she leave Iraq immediately, an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq says.
Illinois Democrats on Capitol Hill decried President Trump's threats against Iran as his deadline for the country to reopen the Strait of Hormuz draws closer, calling on their Republican colleagues to join them in stopping the escalation.
The president has warned that if Iran doesn't make a deal to reopen the strait by 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, "a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again."
Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday that President Trump's warning that a "whole civilization will die" if Iran does not meet his deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz was "truly unacceptable."
President Trump posted on social media that "a whole civilization will die tonight," adding "but I don't want that to happen, but it probably will."
As President Trump's deadline approaches for a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, there's growing concern amid people in Chicago with loved ones in Iran.
The pope also urged people to contact representatives to tell them to work for peace and to reject war.
As the deadline set by President Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz approaches, there has been scrutiny on his public comments about destruction of civilian infrastructure and whether they constitute a war crime.
President Trump posted on social media that "a whole civilization will die tonight," adding "but I don't want that to happen, but it probably will."
A shootout with Turkish police outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul left one gunman dead and two others wounded, the local governor says.
President Trump and top national security officials shed new light on the daring rescues of two American airmen who were shot down over Iran last week.
Iran on Monday rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war.
President Trump said there will be a press conference on Monday from the Oval Office with military officials, where they will share more details of the rescue operations.
