Middle East crisis live: Iran says no final peace agreement reached, after Trump claims deal could be signed soon | US-Israel war on Iran

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Iranian foreign ministry Contradicts Donald Trump’s claims that a peace agreement could be signed between Washington and Tehran as soon as this weekend.

If approved, the deal would be the most significant diplomatic breakthrough to end a three-month war that has killed thousands and sent global energy prices soaring. However, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said, Esmaeil Baghaei, He said most of the text under negotiation had been completed. No “final conclusion” was reached.

“This is a very important issue that is currently being examined by the relevant decision-making bodies,” Baghaei said, adding that Tehran would not compromise on its red lines.

Trump told reporters at the White House: “We reached a great agreement on the war with Iran.

He added that Vice President JD Vance could sign on behalf of the United States and said, “As soon as we sign, the Strait will be officially opened, this will be very soon, very soon, maybe by the weekend in Europe.”

Since mid-March, Trump has repeatedly claimed that a deal to end the war with Iran was close, but no deal has materialized.

In other important developments:

• Trump says he canceled third day of US airstrikes and bombings As he has previously said this will happen, “discussions” with Iran have been “taken to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved.” He also said on social media: “Discussions and final points were approved, both in concept and in detail, by all parties involved, including the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt and others.”

• But Israel said this. it was “I am not party to what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office describes as a newly emerged memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran. But the office said Netanyahu spoke with Trump and that the final agreement at the end of the negotiations would include removing enriched material, dismantling enrichment infrastructure, limiting missile production and halting Iran’s support for terrorist proxies in the region; These were measures that were red lines for Iran in the past.

• Strait of Hormuz We will open the documents of the “big deal” reached with Iran “as soon as we sign it”said Trump. “The whole Middle East is happy”

• Iranian media said the country’s forces prevented a “violating tanker” from entering the Strait of Hormuz. The report by the Fars news agency, which is closely linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, came shortly after explosions were reported to have been heard near the port city of Bandar Abbas.

• Trump had previously shared on social media that the United States would seize Iran’s Kharg Island “in the not too distant future.”but later said that confiscation would be off the table “if we sign this agreement.”

• The price of oil rose after Trump threatened a “very harsh” attack on Iran, but fell hours later after he said he would call off the strikes. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures fell 1.9% to $86.08 a barrel, following a 2.6% drop overnight, and Brent fell 1.5% to $89.08 a barrel, down nearly 3% overnight. Asian stock markets joined the global rally; South Korea’s Kospi gained 7.4% and Japan’s Nikkei gained 2.7%.

• 10 staff were injured in an attack on a hospital in Tire, Lebanon, on ThursdayAs Israel’s raids in the south of the country continue, the facility’s director told the AFP news agency: All three hospitals of the historic city have been hit since the latest war between Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and Israel began in early March.

• Indian government expresses “strong protest” after three Indian sailors killed in US military strikes against oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz.