Trump says ceasefire is ‘unbelievably weak’
President Donald Trump announced “major combat operations” against Iran on February 28; There were massive joint US-Israeli attacks targeting military, government and infrastructure facilities.
After a two-week ceasefire declaration, First phase of US-Iran talks A peace agreement was not reached in Pakistan in April.
Trump later announced that the ceasefire would be extended on an open-ended basis and that the US blockade would continue until negotiations were concluded “one way or another”.
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11 May 12:57
Trump says ceasefire ‘incredibly weak’ after Iran ‘piece of garbage’ suggestion
At an Oval Office event on maternal health on Monday, President Donald Trump continued to rail against Iran’s response to the proposal he received on Sunday, calling it “unacceptable” and “a piece of garbage” that he didn’t even finish reading and adding that the current ceasefire with Iran is “incredibly weak.”
Trump said he had the “best plan ever” to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons; He said Iran’s latest offer was clearly not accepted.
“That was totally unacceptable. You know, a lot of people were like, ‘So does he have a plan?’ he said. Yes of course I have a plan. “I have the best plan ever,” Trump said.
He later added: “But the plan is that they won’t be able to have nuclear weapons, and they didn’t say that in their letter.”
The president also explained that the ceasefire is currently at its “weakest” point due to the inadequate response.
“I would say incredibly weak. I would say the weakest right now. After reading that crap they sent us. I haven’t even finished reading it yet,” he said.
But Trump continued to insist he did not face “any pressure” to reach a deal or end the war, and pushed back on suggestions he would be “tired” of the operation.
“Are these stupid people? They didn’t want to believe it. They think I’m going to get bored or tired of this or that there’s going to be some pressure on me, but there’s no pressure. There’s no pressure at all. We’re going to have a total victory,” Trump said.
Trump pointed to the disagreement over removing enriched uranium from Iran as one of the biggest problems in Iran’s recent response.
“They changed their mind because they didn’t put it in the paper,” Trump said of the uranium removal.
-ABC News’ Emily Chang
11 May 12:49
Trump considers restarting Freedom Project, believes Iranian leaders will ‘give up’
President Donald Trump told Fox News correspondent John Roberts that he is considering restarting Project Freedom, but noted that the U.S. Navy’s claim to be “guiding” ships through the Strait of Hormuz would be “only one part of it.”
Further details about the president’s plans for the operation were not immediately available.
The Freedom Project went into effect exactly a week before Trump abruptly shut it down on Tuesday evening.
According to Fox News, Trump expressed his confidence that Iran would comply with its demands by saying “they will withdraw.” On Sunday, Trump criticized Iran’s response to the US offer, calling it “completely unacceptable.”
Asked if he wanted to negotiate with a new round of leaders in Iran, Trump told Fox News, “I’ll deal with them until they make a deal.”
Trump has repeatedly criticized Iran’s leadership, saying they are disconnected and unable to communicate with each other. In recent weeks, the president has also suggested that he does not need to make any kind of deal with Iran.
Trump also reportedly told Fox News that Iranian negotiators said Iran did not have the technology to take back its nuclear powder and that the United States would have to go to Iran to get it.
-ABC News’ Emily Chang
11 May 07:46
HRANA: Iran executed student accused of spying for the CIA
The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported that a student accused of “intelligence cooperation with the Mossad and the CIA” was executed by the Iranian government on Monday.
HRANA said Erfan Shakurzadeh, 29, was an aerospace engineering student at the Iran University of Science and Technology in Tehran.
HRANA added that the Iranian judiciary alleged that Shakurzadeh “received payments in cryptocurrency” for providing “information about the location of his workplace, ongoing projects and some details about the organization he worked for.”
-ABC News’ Zoe Magee
11 May 07:12
Lebanese ministry announced that 51 more people died in Israeli attacks
According to the latest statement of the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday, the number of deaths in Israel’s attacks on Lebanon since March 2 increased to 2 thousand 846 people, while 8 thousand 693 people were injured.
Sunday’s figure showed a further 51 people had died in Israeli attacks since the previous update on Saturday. The ongoing Israeli attacks come despite a ceasefire reached by Israeli and Lebanese leaders last month.
Hezbollah, a Lebanese militia affiliated with Iran, claimed to have launched new attacks on Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon on Monday.
Kawnat Haju/AFP via Getty Images – PHOTO: This photo taken from the Tire region in southern Lebanon shows smoke rising from the site of Israeli shelling targeting the village of Tair Harfa on May 11, 2026.
11 May 06:43
Oil prices rise after Trump rejects Iran offer
Oil prices climbed after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposed peace deal as “completely unacceptable”; The United States and Iran still appear far apart on any solution to the war.
Oil was around $98 per barrel (up 2.5%) in U.S. trading Monday morning; global oil was at $104, up almost 3%.
According to GasBuddy, the average price of a gallon of regular gas on Monday was $4.48, down 3.7 cents from Sunday and up $1.54 since the start of the war.
Jenny Kane/AP – PHOTO: An American flag flies next to a fuel prices sign at a gas station in Portland, Oregon, on May 6, 2026.
-Zunaira Zaki from ABC News
11 May 04:07
Baghaei says Iran is ‘serious’ in peace talks
Tehran is “serious” about ongoing negotiations to end the US-Israeli war with Iran, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said at a news conference on Monday, after President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected Tehran’s latest proposal as “completely unacceptable.”
“Diplomatic processes have their own rules, and the parties to any negotiations must decide according to their national interests,” Baghaei was quoted as saying by the semi-official Mehr News Agency. he said.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has shown that it is serious in protecting its national interests and legitimate rights, while also participating in diplomatic processes with good faith and logic.” he added.
Baghaei claimed that the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear agreement in 2018 and initiated military action earlier despite ongoing talks, and instead said that it was the United States that should prove its commitment to the diplomatic process.
“We fight when necessary and use the weapon of diplomacy when we deem it right,” Baghaei said.
10 May 16:41
Israel carried out many attacks in southern Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces launched day-long attacks on Sunday in several sites in southern Lebanon that it said targeted Hezbollah infrastructure.
“During the day (Sunday), the Israeli Armed Forces struck more than 20 terrorist infrastructures in various areas in southern Lebanon, including weapons storage facilities, headquarters and military structures where Hezbollah terrorists operate,” the IDF said in a statement. he said.
The attacks took place this week as new talks between Israel, Lebanon and Washington are planned.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced the updated death toll, with more than 2,800 people killed and approximately 8,700 injured in Israeli attacks.
10 May 16:28
Trump calls Iran’s latest response to offer ‘TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE’
In a social media post on Sunday, President Donald Trump called Iran’s latest response to a deal to end the war “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE.”
“I just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives’. I don’t like it – COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE! Thank you for your interest in this matter,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
His response came after Iranian state media reported on Sunday that Tehran had sent a response to the US-proposed text outlining a possible end to the ongoing war.
According to state media, Iran’s response was sent through Pakistani mediators.
10 May 13:43
Trump says US is ‘surveilling’ Iran’s enriched uranium
President Donald Trump again praised his administration’s operations in Iran on Sunday but did not go so far as to say the war is over.
Participating in the “Full Measure” program, Trump said the following about the seizure of Iran’s enriched uranium stocks: “Well, we will get it at some point. We spied on whatever we wanted.”
“We keep a very good watch on this. If anyone gets close to there, we will know and we will blow them up. We will blow them up,” he added.
Trump was also asked if he believed combat operations were complete. “No, I didn’t say anything like that. I said they were defeated, but that doesn’t mean they’re done. We can go in for two more weeks and accomplish every goal,” Trump said.
“We have certain goals that we wanted, and we’ve accomplished probably 70% of them, but we also have other goals that we could reasonably achieve. But even if we didn’t do that, it would just be the finishing touches. But even if we didn’t do that, it would take many years for them to rebuild,” the president said.
Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images – PHOTO: An Iranian man walks past an anti-US and anti-Israeli mural painted on a wall in the capital Tehran on May 10, 2026.
Trump acknowledged that Iranian negotiators were a difficult group to work with, but maintained his claim that their nuclear capabilities were severely weakened and that the United States would eventually seize Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
“It’s very interesting because, you know, they make a deal and then they break it. Then they make a deal and they break it. They’re a tough group, but from a military standpoint, I mean, if we left, if we left today, it would take them 20 years to rebuild,” Trump said.
-ABC News’ Lalee Ibssa
