Trump claims Iran has agreed to no nuclear weapons

Trump said Iran has agreed to never develop nuclear weapons, as reports emerged he had sent a tougher peace proposal back to Tehran.

The claim came in a Fox News interview Saturday night, even as the two sides appeared far apart on core demands and armed conflict continued along the ceasefire's edges.

What did Iran agree to on nuclear weapons?

Trump said Iran agreed there would be no nuclear weapons as a condition of any deal. "The one guarantee that I have to have is that there will be no nuclear weapons. They've agreed to that," he told his daughter-in-law Lara Trump in a Fox News interview.

Iran has not publicly confirmed the agreement.

What tougher terms did Trump send back to Iran?

The New York Times and Axios reported Saturday that Trump had sent a revised framework to Tehran with tougher terms, though neither outlet specified what the changes entailed.

The move could extend negotiations that have already stretched over weeks despite repeated signals from both Washington and Tehran that a deal was close.

Trump's stated priorities remain Iran's permanent renunciation of nuclear weapons and the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz, which competing US and Iranian blockades have kept closed, choking global oil supplies and raising prices.

Why is an Iran deal still far from certain?

Tehran has pushed back on several of Trump's public assertions. Iran said it requires the release of $12 billion in frozen assets before substantive talks on its nuclear program can begin. Iranian media also called Trump's claim that Iran's enriched uranium would be destroyed "baseless."

Iran has added a further condition: Lebanon must be included in any agreement to end the broader regional war. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam accused Israel of a "scorched-earth policy and collective punishment" as Israeli forces expanded operations in the south.

Is Trump in a hurry to close an Iran deal?

Trump struck a notably less urgent tone in the Fox interview, walking back earlier suggestions that a deal was imminent. "I'm in no hurry," he said. "Slowly but surely we're getting, I think, what we want and if we don't get what we want, we're going to end in a different way." Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth echoed that posture at a defense summit in Asia, saying Washington was "more than capable" of restarting the war if necessary.

What fighting has continued despite the ceasefire?

A temporary ceasefire between Tehran and Washington took hold in April, following historic talks hosted by Pakistan. Yet armed conflict has continued in bursts. US forces struck the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas earlier in the week, drawing retaliatory fire from Iran. Iran's Revolutionary Guards also claimed they shot down a US military drone near Iranian territorial waters, a claim Washington has not confirmed.

What is happening on the Strait of Hormuz?

After Trump posted on social media that Iran would charge "no tolls" on ships passing through the strait under any deal, Iranian news agency Fars cited sources saying no such clause exists in the current agreement text. Iran's ISNA news agency separately reported Saturday that a lawmaker said parliament would soon approve a plan enshrining Iranian management and sovereignty over the strait.

What is Israel doing in Lebanon?

Israel's military confirmed Sunday it was expanding its ground offensive in Lebanon, saying a significant number of forces had advanced past the Litani River into the Beaufort Ridge and Wadi al-Saluki area.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that Israeli forces had pushed more than 30 kilometers into the country.

A truce between Israel and Hezbollah began April 17 but has never held, with both sides accusing each other of violations. In early March, Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel following the killing of Iran's supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes, prompting near-daily Israeli air raids and a ground invasion.

Israel and Lebanon began direct talks in April, with a fourth round expected in the coming week.