Wednesday, June 10, 2026 - The U.S. president said the agreement will prohibit Iran from having nuclear weapons and result in the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
It is not the first time that the U.S. president has
promised an imminent end to the war in Iran, which has been raging since
February. | Saul Loeb/AFP via
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that, despite
the exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel, a deal to end the war in the
Middle East could be reached “in two or three days.”
“They were going back and forth [with strikes], and now they
both agreed, through me, to stop, and now we’re in the final throes of what
will be a very, very good deal,” Trump told reporters in New York, where he was
attending the NBA finals in Madison Square Garden.
Trump said the deal would stop Iran from having nuclear
weapons and result in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. “The strait will
open up right away,” he insisted. “It’ll open up immediately upon signing.”
It is not the first time that the U.S. president has
promised an imminent end to the war in Iran, which has been raging since
February. Weeks have passed since Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters
that negotiating a deal to end the war in Iran could “take a few days.”
Trump on Monday said he had a “very good conversation” with
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and downplayed talks of a rift
between the two leaders.
Last week Trump was reported to have called Netanyahu “crazy”
for his renewed attacks on Lebanon, and over the weekend he told the Financial
Times that the Israeli prime minister had “no choice” but to accept a deal
with Iran.
The U.S. president on Sunday urged his Israeli counterpart
not to retaliate after Iran launched several missiles at Israel. After
Netanyahu seemingly ignored the request and struck several Iranian cities,
Trump demanded both countries “immediately stop shooting” and respect the
U.S.-brokered ceasefire that has been in effect since April.
Both sides suspended military operations on Monday
afternoon, but Iran warned that it would respond to any attacks targeting its
territory or Lebanon. An Israeli army spokesperson warned residents
of the Lebanese city of Tyre to evacuate on Tuesday, suggesting strikes on
Hezbollah targets were imminent.
Trump on Monday insisted that Netanyahu had not defied him
by retaliating against Iran. “If I tell him to do something, he does it,”
he told the BBC, explaining Israel had fired its missiles at Iran
before the two leaders had spoken.
According to the Times of Israel, Netanyahu called
off a major strike on Iran following the conversation with the U.S.
president.
The seemingly brief breakdown of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire
began after Israel struck Iran-backed Hezbollah targets in Beirut on
Sunday, violating a separate ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Iran responded with
missile attacks on Israel, calling them retaliation for the strikes on Lebanon.
Israel then launched attacks on what it said were military targets in Iran.
The Financial Times reported on Tuesday that
the United States was not directly involved in the latest attacks, although
U.S. forces launched interceptors to protect American troops stationed in
Israel.
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