{"id":265836,"date":"2026-06-13T21:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/265836\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T21:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:04:11","slug":"iran-war-live-updates-trump-says-peace-deal-will-be-signed-sunday-but-iran-disputes-timeline-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/265836\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says Peace Deal Will Be Signed Sunday, but Iran Disputes Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"css-13xl2ke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/jonathan-swan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jonathan Swan\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781384651_140_author-jonathan-swan-thumbLarge-v2.png\"   height=\"40\" width=\"40\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><a class=\"css-13xl2ke\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/abdi-latif-dahir\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Abdi Latif Dahir\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781384651_460_author-abdi-latif-dahir-thumbLarge.png\"   height=\"40\" width=\"40\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-ei0myh e1me5xab0\">President Trump said that the United States and Iran would sign a peace deal on Sunday, though Iran\u2019s foreign ministry publicly cautioned that the timeline could be slower.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-ei0myh e1me5xab0\">\u201cThe Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,\u201d Mr. Trump said in a post on his social media platform on Saturday. The post came hours after the prime minister of Pakistan, a key mediator in the negotiations, said the country was preparing for \u201cthe electronic signing of the peace deal\u201d followed by \u201ctechnical level talks next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-ei0myh e1me5xab0\">Neither the United States nor Iran has shared text of the initial deal being considered. But <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/12\/world\/middleeast\/us-iran-ceasefire-deal-white-house.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">U.S.<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2026\/06\/12\/world\/iran-war-trump-us-israel\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iranian officials<\/a> have said that under a \u201cmemorandum of understanding,\u201d Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the United States would lift its blockade on Iranian ports and the current cease-fire would be extended for 60 days. <\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-ei0myh e1me5xab0\">During that period, both sides would commit to holding detailed negotiations over Iran\u2019s nuclear program, where differences persist and neither side has shown much willingness to compromise, and over the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-ei0myh e1me5xab0\">Iran earlier on Saturday sought to temper expectations. Esmail Baghaei, a foreign ministry spokesman, said a deal would not be signed on Sunday, though he left open the possibility that one could be in the coming days, according to state media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-ei0myh e1me5xab0\">There is still the potential for even the initial memorandum of understanding to be derailed. Events overnight underscored the fragility of the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-ei0myh e1me5xab0\">U.S. forces intercepted and destroyed Iranian attack drones that were targeting commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, military officials said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-ei0myh e1me5xab0\">Fighting has also persisted on Saturday in Lebanon, where Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah have been at war for more than 100 days as efforts to establish a lasting cease-fire have faltered.  Iranian officials want the broader regional peace settlement to include the fighting in Lebanon and have called for the Israeli military to withdraw from Lebanese territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"live-blog-post-content css-ei0myh e1me5xab0\">Here\u2019s what else we are covering:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-11haxaj e1me5xab0\">The potential deal: A senior Trump administration official said the proposed agreement was <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/06\/12\/world\/middleeast\/us-iran-ceasefire-deal-white-house.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">set to establish a 60-day cease-fire<\/a> that would lead to another, far more complicated negotiation on sanctions relief and Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-11haxaj e1me5xab0\">Israel: In a social media post on Friday, the Israeli defense minister, Israel Katz, said that, in the event of a deal, Israel would not withdraw from territory it occupies in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza. He said the country must retain the ability to act independently to block Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-11haxaj e1me5xab0\">Funeral of Iran\u2019s former leader: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran in late February, will be buried on July 9 in the northeastern city of Mashhad. Several days of ceremonies will begin July 4, Iranian state media reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Show more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump said that the United States and Iran would sign a peace deal on Sunday, though Iran\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,1448,1452,14670,61145,60,9,24,63,160,67494,62208,1069,5251,1554],"class_list":["post-265836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-defense-and-military-forces","tag-donald-j","tag-iran","tag-islamic-revolutionary-guards-corps","tag-israel","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-peace-process","tag-persian-gulf","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-trump","tag-united-states-defense-and-military-forces","tag-united-states-international-relations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}