Live Updates: U.S.-Iran deal signed by Trump and Iranian negotiator, U.S. officials say

President Trump has projected confidence about the Iran deal while meeting with world leaders at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bain, France. He arrived Monday for talks with G7 leaders, including some who have been sharply critical of his management of the 15-week conflict that led to a surge in global energy prices. 

Mr. Trump said he isn't sure whether he'll attend the signing of the agreement to end the Iran war on Friday, suggesting during a joint appearance with French President Emmanuel Macron that he "may be involved," although Vice President JD Vance "was originally going to do it."

The U.S. president has hailed the Iran deal as promising, but not a guarantee.

"Hopefully, it's going to be a good relationship, and we're going to get along. If we don't, we go back to where we started. But I don't think that's going to be necessary," said Mr. Trump. "The Iran deal we made is going to bring a lot of, a lot of success to the world, because the oil was really clogged up there for a while."

Trump added that the Strait of Hormuz will "be completely opened" on Friday.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran had spared his country from what he described as the Islamic Republic's threat of "nuclear annihilation."

"The most important thing is that we saved the State of Israel from the threat of nuclear annihilation," Netanyahu said, in what were his first comments after Washington and Tehran agreed to a deal to end the Middle East war.

"And what would that mean? It would mean that millions of Israeli citizens — you who are hearing me now — all of you would have been in terrible danger of mass death," Netanyahu said in a televised press conference. "And we have pushed away from us, for years, this danger of the annihilation of Israel's population."

Israel's presence in Lebanon is among the major challenges that remain to ending the war. A spokesperson for Netanyahu's office said Israel would continue to defend itself against any threat to its security, the Associated Press reported, while Iran has insisted any agreement to end the conflict must include an end to the fighting in Lebanon.

A senior U.S. official said Monday that Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon is not a condition of the memorandum of understanding, and that the agreement "is a ceasefire" to which all sides are expected to abide. 

"Meaning that, if Iran is not able to control Hezbollah, and if they attack Israeli positions or Israeli towns, Israel will have the right to defend themselves and respond," the official said.

One senior U.S. official said nuclear talks will be prioritized during the upcoming 90-day negotiation window with Iran, and the intent is to have those discussions within the first 30 days.

"We want to put nuclear discussions and everything out up front," the official said, adding that if Iran is willing to work with the U.S. on its nuclear program and provide assurances that it isn't building a nuclear weapon or "funding radicalism" in the region, "the more they're going to be welcomed into the world economy through a combination of sanctions relief and other economic measures."

When Kamal Kamal heard a ceasefire deal had been agreed between Iran and the U.S., he rushed back to the southern city of Nabatieh only to find an Israeli strike had reduced his life's work to rubble.

The city, usually home to some 90,000 people before the latest war between Israel and Hezbollah erupted on March 2, was largely deserted as Israel pressed its military offensive in the area in recent days.

Kamal fought back tears as he stared stunned at the pile of rubble that used to be his roastery and warehouse for coffee and other products, after Israel pummeled the region with strikes and issued sweeping evacuation orders.

"When I opened it in the seventies, I was still a young man... now nothing is left," he said, leaning heavily on a walking stick and surveying the vast destruction.

"How my life has been spent in vain here!"

The war in Lebanon has been included in the framework deal to end the broader Middle East war.

But Lebanon's army on Monday urged displaced residents to delay their return to southern border villages, citing the "risk of Israeli violations and attacks."

Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, issued a similar warning.

Yet residents who have cautiously returned to Nabatieh have expressed dismay at the huge damage Israel inflicted on the city's neighborhoods and its famed market, where the roofing had collapsed and shops were devastated.

No frozen assets have been released to Iran at this point, by the U.S. or any other country, according to two senior U.S. officials. But one said the U.S. is willing to unfreeze some Iranian assets and sanctions, in phases, as "small gestures" once a 90-day window for technical negotiations begins later this week. 

"Those will be kind of small and easy, to kind of see the cards," the official said. Whether they happen will also depend on Iran reciprocating with its own "small gestures" that show the U.S. they are willing to meet their commitments, too, the official added.

Both senior officials said the full text of the memorandum of understanding will be released in the next 24 to 48 hours.

The British navy's Maritime Trade Operations center said Monday that a tanker reported being approached by a small boat carrying four people, who opened fire on the tanker with a rocket propelled grenade.

UKMTO did not identify the vessel but said it was attacked about 111 nautical miles southeast of Aden, Yemen. 

"The crew of the skiff were armed and opened fire on the vessel with an RPG," the agency said, adding that unspecified authorities were investigating the incident. It warned all vessels to transit the region with caution and report any suspicious activity.

At least three times during hostilities between Iran and the U.S., the Iranian regime threatened to have its Houthi rebel allies in Yemen target shipping in the Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb strait.

Iran and the U.S. reached a tentative agreement Sunday to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump has said the deal will likely be signed on Friday, and Iran's Foreign Minister said Monday that delegations from the two countries would meet on Friday in Geneva.

Speaking to reporters at the G7 in France, President Trump said the text of the memorandum of understanding may not be released until after Friday, which is when the signing ceremony is expected to take place. 

"This is a very powerful document and I want it to be released," he said when asked when the text will be released. "So probably pretty soon. I would say after, sometime after Friday."

Denmark's Maersk, one of the world's biggest shipping firms, welcomed the tentative agreement between the U.‌S. and Iran, but said Monday that it was still too soon to assess its impact, and it noted no changes yet to the group's operations in the region.

"The announced agreement is a welcome and positive development, but publicly available ⁠details are still limited, and it is too early to assess how it will impact logistics and ⁠maritime operations," Maersk said in a statement to the Reuters news agency.

"At this stage, there are no changes ⁠to our operations in the region," it added, echoing statements by international shipping trade associations made earlier in the day.

Although the memorandum of understanding with Iran has already been signed by both sides digitally, a senior administration official told reporters on a call Monday that there will still be a signing ceremony Friday. 

Vice President JD Vance, President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff are expected to be there. 

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Monday that a meeting of the two sides' negotiating teams was expected to take place Friday, "likely in Switzerland."

The memorandum, according to the senior official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, provides a structure for how negotiations will be conducted going forward. Iranian officials and sources close to the talks have said the agreement will begin a 60-day period of negotiations focused on Iran's nuclear program and other contentious issues.

The memorandum calls for the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz, although the official warned it would take some time to fully reopen the vital shipping lanes, as there are sea mines in the strait and different companies and countries may have different risk tolerances. 

The senior administration official said there would be a significant increase in shipping traffic through the strait within two weeks. 

The memorandum of understanding with Iran has been signed remotely, a senior administration official told reporters on a call Monday. 

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said President Trump and Vice President JD Vance signed the document, along with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf.

The text of the memorandum has not been released by the U.S. or Pakistani negotiators, and a formal signing wasn't expected until later in the week. 

Vance told ABC News on Monday that the memorandum was signed digitally. 

More details are expected shortly. 

Oil prices tumbled after President Trump said the U.S. has reached a deal with Iran that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a vital Middle East waterway that accounted for roughly 20% of global crude transit before the war began.

U.S. stocks soared to record highs in early trading on optimism that the deal will bring relief to businesses and consumers after May inflation hit its highest level in more than three years.

Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell $4.22, or 4.8%, to $83.11, while West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. standard, tumbled $4.41, or 5.2%, to $80.47.  While those prices remain about $10 higher per barrel than pre-war levels, they haven't been so low since March during the war.

The S&P 500 jumped 111 points, or 1.5%, in early trading to 7,543, meanwhile, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 522 points, or 1%, to reach a new all-time high of 51,725. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index surged 2.2%.

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An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson told CBS News on Monday that the negotiations between the U.S. and Tehran that have led to the agreement set to be signed on Friday did not include any discussion of the fate of Iranian-American prisoners in the country.

There are believed to be four U.S. nationals held in Iran, two of whom have been named publicly as journalist Abdolreza "Reza" Valizadeh, 49, whom the U.S. State Department formally designated as "wrongfully detained" by Iran in May 2025, and Kamran Hekmati, 61, who was arrested in July 2025 while visiting family in Iran.

Nonprofit groups say they are tracking at least two other U.S. nationals believed to have been detained in Iran, whose identities CBS News cannot confirm.

The U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports and vessels remained in place Monday, according to the international Joint Maritime Information Center, despite a tentative agreement between Iran and the U.S. expected to formally reopen the Strait of Hormuz, extend a ceasefire and kick off broader negotiations from the end of this week.

According to a statement released by the international military partnership, which includes the U.S., the maritime security threat level in the Strait of Hormuz remains "severe due to blockade operations." 

The statement also warns mariners not to attempt to transit the Strait of Hormuz until "explicit direction" is given.

The guidance was issued despite President Trump's saying Monday that that ships were already moving out of the Strait of Hormuz using a route along the south of the waterway, which he said was "totally safe."

The U.S. military's Central Command said in a social media post on Sunday that the blockade had "redirected 142 commercial ships that complied and disabled 9 vessels that did not comply."

President Trump said Monday morning that ships were "starting to move" out of the Strait of Hormuz under the agreement reached with Iran, but international shipping associations have warned that it is still too risky, and only one ship had transited the strait on Monday when Mr. Trump issued the remark, according to tracking data.

"Ships are starting to move, many loaded up with Oil, out of the Strait of Hormuz," Mr. Trump said in a Truth Social post. "They are going along the Southern 'Highway,' which is totally safe, secure, and pristine."

Mr. Trump had said Sunday that the vital shipping lane would only reopen after the signing of the memorandum of understanding with Iran, which is expected to take place on Friday.

French President Emmanuel Macron said France and the U.K. are ready to lead a multinational mission to help reopen and ensure safety in the Strait of Hormuz under the agreement reached between the U.S. and Iran.

In an interview with French broadcaster TF1 ahead of a G7 meeting, Macron said France would be ready to "send planes, send a frigate, send deminers and … our aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle." 

He added that the forces would be ready for deployment in the next two or three days so the reopening of the vital shipping lane "can be done in a peaceful way and that it lasts."

"If the next few days show us that it's good," Macron said referring to the agreement, "we will deploy ourselves with the British. We will lead this mission."

Vice President JD Vance didn't rule out the possibility of U.S. military forces being used to help ensure Iran's compliance with an agreement on its nuclear materials, though he said he didn't "think the U.S. military forces are going to be necessary."

"We certainly talked with the Iranians about how we're going to destroy that enriched stockpile. The technical details are one of the things that we're going to work on when we start those technical talks on Friday," Vance said on "CBS Mornings."

According to the United Nations atomic watchdog agency, the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has about 900 pounds of highly-enriched uranium believed to be buried under the rubble of a nuclear facility hit by U.S. and Israeli strikes a year ago.

"We're talking about working with the IAEA and working with the Iranians to go in and destroy that enriched stockpile of material," Vance told CBS News. "Whether we play an observer role or whether we play a more active role, these are the sorts of things that we'll figure out in technical talks."

"But what the President has made very clear is the United States will be there to confirm that that enriched stockpile of material is destroyed," he said. 

Commercial shipping associations warned Monday that it was still too soon to start sailing through the Strait of Hormuz despite the U.S. and Iran announcing a tentative agreement that calls for the crucial trade route to reopen.

Hundreds of oil tankers and cargo ships have been stuck in and around the Persian Gulf since the war erupted on Feb. 28.

Shipping and seafarers' associations said Monday that political leaders had yet to give enough detail on the agreement to ensure safe transit for vessels through the strait, which is the only way in or out of the Gulf. 

So far, official entities "do not offer sufficient information regarding key aspects such as timings and safe routes" under the agreement, Jakob Larsen, chief security officer at the shipping lobby BIMCO, said in a statement. "We believe the security situation for the shipping industry remains volatile, and we still consider it very risky for ships to commence transits at this point."

With the agreement scheduled to be signed on Friday, marine director Phillip Belcher of the tanker owners' association Intertanko said "a cautious approach should be undertaken" by ships.

In the same statement, the body's managing director Tim Wilkins urged the U.S. and Iran to make the Strait of Hormuz "free from the threat of mines" laid by Iranian forces in the conflict.

Vice President JD Vance said on "CBS Mornings" that the Trump administration plans to release the full text of the U.S.-Iran agreement this week, saying "we want the American people to see it."

"Sometimes with these agreements, there are some diplomatic protocols, some technical things to work out, but we plan to release the full text this week," Vance said. 

Vance said there is some misreporting about what's in the agreement, claiming the deal broadly "ensures that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, while simultaneously opening the Strait of Hormuz." 

Vance said it "fundamentally extends a hand to Iran and says, 'look, if you guys are willing to honor your obligations if you're willing to allow real inspections of your nuclear program, then we will welcome you back into the world economy.'"

The vice president said Iran will have "a much better and much more prosperous future if they meet the obligations they make in this agreement," noting that the unfreezing of Iranian financial assets is "one of the things we're going to work out in the technical talks that will follow the official signing on Friday."

Vance refuted claims that the Iranian regime would receive $24 billion in frozen funds if it hits certain benchmarks, saying the figure "doesn't appear anywhere in any of the texts." 

"What we have said is that we're willing to talk about unfreezing assets, but a much, much bigger deal is unsanctioning their economy - so long as they make the long-term commitments on the nuclear program," Vance said.

Iran's official state-run news agency quoted the country's vice president on Monday as saying the agreement reached with the U.S. was only "the first step," and the next phase of negotiations will be more difficult.

Speaking at a meeting on post-war reconstruction, Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref praised the agreement reached between Tehran and Washington, but according to the IRNA news agency, he also warned "the more difficult task is a permanent agreement and peace, which will be achieved within 60 days."

According to Iran and officials familiar with the negotiations who have spoken with CBS News, the memorandum of understanding agreed by the U.S. and Iran includes a 60-day period of negotiations to begin upon its signing. 

That signing is expected on Friday, and the next two months would see the two sides get down to the more complicated work of directly negotiating over the future of Tehran's nuclear enrichment program and other contentious issues.

At least one ship transited the Strait of Hormuz early on Monday, according to shipping data from MarineTraffic.com.

The Malta-flagged tanker had been in the Persian Gulf since the U.S. and Israel launched their joint war with Iran at the end of February, loaded with about 68,000 tons of cargo bound for India.

A second ship, the container vessel Kaiser, appeared positioned to transit the strait later in the day. The Kaiser departed Iraq's Umm Qasr port on June 3.

"Based on @Kpler data, crossings still remaining limited while there are more than 500 commercial vessels that have given an AIS signal in the Persian Gulf during the last 24hrs," the data firm's media relations manager Nikos Pothitakis said Monday in a social media post.

Only three other vessels are known to have made the transit with their tracking systems switched on since Thursday. Before the war began, an average of 138 commercial ships would transit the strait per day.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged "maximum restraint" by all sides involved in the U.S.-Iran agreement that is expected to be signed later this week. In a speech delivered Monday, Türk also calls for the agreement to be implemented "quickly and in good faith."

"I welcome the announcement that the United States and Iran have agreed on a peace deal that provides for an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and a framework for further negotiations," Türk said, according to a transcript of his remarks provided by his office. 

"The conflict has had a devastating impact on human rights across the region and around the world," he said. "At this fragile moment, it is clear all sides need to exercise maximum restraint and work to implement this agreement quickly and in good faith."

The Lebanese Army on Monday warned residents from southern towns who have evacuated during months of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel not to return home yet.

In a social media statement, the Lebanese Army Command stressed "the need for residents to exercise caution and delay returning to villages and towns in the southern border area … in order to ensure their safety from the risk of Israeli violations and attacks."

Israel's defense minister said Monday that the country would not withdraw its forces from a vast swath of southern Lebanon they have effectively occupied for weeks under the U.S.-Iran deal.

The Israel Defense Forces did not announce any specific new operations against Hezbollah Monday, but Defense Minister Israel Katz noted in his statement that the area where Israeli forces are operating in southern Lebanon, "will be cleared of local residents and all terrorist infrastructure, above and below ground - including the houses in the contact villages that served as terrorist outposts - will be destroyed."

Iran will still be able to charge fees for commercial vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz under the agreement reached with the U.S., a source quoted by Iran's semi-official Fars news agency said Monday, contradicting U.S. officials' characterization of the deal.

Fars said Iran would allow fee-free passage during the 60-day negotiation period initiated by the signing of the memorandum of understanding, but that transit charges could be applied after that period.

President Trump told The New York Times in an interview published Sunday that the agreement with Iran would ensure the Strait of Hormuz was "permanently toll-free." 

According to the source quoted by Fars, U.S. negotiators accepted the principle of Iran charging fees for use of the strait in the future under a system that Iran and Oman, the two nations with coastlines in the watersway, would manage jointly.

Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps published on Monday a list of 14 points it said were included in the memorandum of understanding with the U.S., which is expected to be signed on Friday in Europe. That list includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days "under Iranian arrangements," but it does not specify whether tolls would be charged. 

Neither U.S. nor Pakistani mediators have released the text of the agreement.

The Lebanese presidency welcomed the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, which is said to include a termination of all military operations across all fronts, including Israel's fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

In a statement released Monday, the presidency said "Lebanon hopes that this development will mark the beginning of a broader process that enhances stability in the region, preserves the sovereignty of states and the rights of their peoples, and allows the Lebanese to focus on rebuilding what has been destroyed and restoring their normal lives under a secure and stable state."

Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps published on Monday a list of the 14 points it says are included in the memorandum of understanding with the U.S., which is expected to come into effect after it is signed on Friday.

According to the IRGC, the agreement includes:

1. Immediate and permanent cessation of war on all fronts, including Israel's battle with Hezbollah in Lebanon
2. U.S. commitment not to interfere in Iran's internal affairs and to respect the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic
3. Full lifting of the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports and vessels within 30 days
4. U.S. commitment to withdraw forces from the region around Iran
5. Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days under Iranian arrangements
6. Suspension of sanctions on the sale of Iranian oil, petrochemical products and derivatives, and full Iranian access to revenues
7. U.S. and its allies required to present reconstruction plans for Iran worth at least $300 billion
8. 60 days of negotiations to reach a final agreement on nuclear issues and the complete lifting of primary and secondary U.S. sanctions, as well as United Nations Security Council and IAEA Board of Governors resolutions
9. Iran's reaffirmation of its commitment under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty not to produce nuclear weapons
10. During the negotiation period, the U.S. commits not to increase its forces in the region and not to impose new sanctions
11. Release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian funds during the 60-day final negotiation period; half of this amount must be made available to Iran before final negotiations begin
12. Establishment of a monitoring mechanism to implement the agreement
13. Final agreement to be approved by a United Nations Security Council resolution
14. Discussions about Iran's conventional missile program and support for resistance groups are explicitly excluded from the agenda.

Israeli officials said Monday that the country was not bound to withdraw forces from Lebanon or halt its fight with Hezbollah under the U.S.-Iran agreement.

On Friday, a senior Trump administration official told CBS News that Iran would not receive any portion of the frozen financial assets until the country shows it is complying with the obligations made under the deal. That raises questions about timing given the IRGC's claim that half of Iran's seized funds are to be handed over before final negotiations begin during the 60-day period.

"If they turn over the nuclear material as promised, they get something. If they dismantle their nuclear programs or their nuclear facilities, they'll get something else. If they really commit to regional peace and stability, they'll get additional things on top of that," the official said, warning against taking Iranian government and media statements at face value, calling them "domestic propaganda."

Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Monday that the agreement between the U.S. and Iran does not require Israel to stop its fight against Hezbollah in Lebanon.

"Trump's agreement does not bind us... we are not party to this agreement. It does not safeguard our security," National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on his Telegram channel.

"We must not settle for anything less than the dismantling of Hezbollah. We must not withdraw from a single inch of territory that our soldiers have captured and cleared of terrorist infrastructure," he said.

Israel's defense minister said Monday that Israeli forces will remain in Lebanon "indefinitely" and he opposes any withdrawal of forces from the southern parts of the country, where Israel and the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah have fought continuously since just after the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said the government was "leading a clear policy that states that the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] will remain in the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza - indefinitely - in order to protect the border and Israeli settlements from there against jihadist elements."

The defense minister said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had made President Trump aware of Israel's intention to maintain a presence in southern Lebanon.

"If Iran attacks Israel due to the events in Lebanon - we will attack it with all our might and clearly demonstrate to it the power gaps," Katz said in his statement.

Pakistan, a key mediator in the negotiations, said the agreement reached by the U.S. and Iran, included a termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.

The United States and Iran are to hold indirect meetings in Doha this week ahead of the formal signing of a deal aimed at ending the Middle East war, a diplomat told AFP on Monday.

"Separate preparatory meetings with each side will now take place in Doha this week, ahead of the official signing in Switzerland and the start of the technical talks," the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive arrangements.

President Donald Trump is headed to the French Alps on Monday to meet with fellow world leaders at the Group of Seven summit after announcing an agreement that he says will bring an end to the U.S. war with Iran.

With the agreement, Trump is due to arrive in Evian-les-Bains on Monday afternoon with some wind at his back for talks with G7 leaders, including some who have been sharply critical of his managing of the roughly 15-week conflict that has led to a surge in global energy prices.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Trump Israel won't pull its troops from Lebanon and doesn't consider itself obligated to go along with the Lebanon-related parts of the U.S. deal with Iran, Israeli news service Ynet reports, citing Israeli sources.

Ynet says Netanyahu also told Mr. Trump Israel will keep responding to attacks by Iran-backed Hezbollah and hitting Hezbollah itself. 

Netanyahu received full backing for his positions from Israel's cabinet, Ynet says.

Qatari mediators left Tehran after 17 hours of intensive negotiations that resulted in the announced deal, according to a diplomat briefed on developments. Separate preparatory meetings with each side are set to take place in Doha this week, ahead of the official signing in Switzerland and the start of the technical talks, the diplomat said.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday released statements in support of a U.S-Iran deal.

"I welcome the agreement reached between the United States and Iran, the result of a diplomatic effort to which several partners have contributed," Macron wrote on social media. "I call for its rapid and complete implementation by all belligerents."

Macron urged a speedy reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, saying, "The resumption of maritime traffic, without restriction or toll, is an indispensable condition for regional stability and the global economy."

Macron also said France was "prepared to play its part" in any agreement made about Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Starmer similarly wrote, "Attention must now turn to fully implementing the memorandum of understanding to ensure the Strait reopens and remains fully and permanently open, and that the detailed elements of the nuclear agreement are finalised. We stand ready to support the technical talks that will now begin."