Donald Trump Says U.S.-Iran Deal Will Extend Ceasefire and Reopen Strait of Hormuz Next Week

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he will have an agreement with Iran to extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz "over the next week," after telling ABC News in a phone interview, "Looking good, looking good."

Trump said the “glitch” was that the Iranians were upset about Israel's attacks on Lebanon, and he described speaking with Hezbollah and with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the shooting.

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In a separate development, the U.S. military said Monday it has redirected 121 commercial vessels since the start of the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and vessels, and it disabled another five ships "to ensure compliance," according to U.S. Central Command on X.

The CBS News report also said the United Nations expressed alarm and called for all sides to respect the ceasefire as Israel expanded its offensive into Lebanon, while negotiations to end the U.S.-Iran war appeared in peril.

Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said, "We are deeply alarmed by the escalation in military activities across southern Lebanon and beyond," as the talks faced fresh strain.

CBS News reported that Trump said on his Truth Social platform Monday that Iran talks were continuing at a "rapid pace," hours after an Iranian news outlet linked to its Revolutionary Guard Corps said the regime was suspending the talks and opening "other fronts" in the war.

Trump also said on Truth Social that "all shooting will stop" between Israel and Hezbollah after he said he spoke with officials from both sides, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later said his country's military would "continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon."

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CNN reported that Iran suspended talks with the US in protest over Israel’s actions in Lebanon, which Tehran said “violated” the ceasefire, while Trump contradicted that by insisting talks continue at a “rapid pace.”

CNN further said Lebanese authorities received confirmation of Hezbollah’s agreement to a US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel, with the Lebanese Embassy in Washington stating that "Israeli strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs are to cease" in exchange for Hezbollah refraining from attacks.

Defense Minister Israel Katz told Channel 14, "There is no ceasefire in Lebanon," even as Netanyahu said Israel would keep striking southern Lebanon "as planned."

As negotiations and ceasefire arrangements remained unsettled, Business Insider cited Moody's top economist Mark Zandi saying Trump has about a week to secure a peace deal before the effects of the war make it more likely that the economy falls into a recession.

Zandi said, "It's gotta happen here very quickly, in the next day, two days, three days, next week or so," and he warned, "Beyond that, I think we've got a real problem."

CNN also reported that the Trump administration continues to rapidly release oil from America’s emergency stockpile, with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve losing another 8 million barrels of crude last week alone, according to Energy Department data.

In parallel, MS NOW reported that Trump told NBC News chief White House correspondent Garrett Haake, "I think we've been talking too much, if you want to know the truth," and added that "going silent would be very good."

The Axios reporting cited by Entekhab said Trump asked for amendments in a Friday Situation Room meeting, and a senior government official told Entekhab that it would take about three days for the Iranians to respond, while also saying, "We are prepared to wait until the president gets what he wants."