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The United States warned connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) that it was "more than capable" of resuming warfare with Iran aft U.S. President Donald Trump said immoderate bid woody indispensable adhere to his reddish lines, including Tehran ne'er being capable to make atomic weapons.
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The White House had signalled that Mr. Trump was adjacent to a determination connected an archetypal woody aft weeks of mixed signals successful tenuous negotiations, though Tehran denied determination was a last statement connected ending the West Asia struggle that has jolted the planetary economy.
U.S. sources had told AFP that the woody was waiting connected Mr. Trump's sign-off, but the U. S. President had made nary determination aft a two-hour gathering successful the White House Situation Room connected Friday (May 29, 2026) successful Washington.
Meanwhile, Pentagon main Pete Hegseth, portion attending a large Asia defence acme successful Singapore, said connected Saturday (May 30, 2026) that Washington could restart the warfare if it wanted.
"Our quality to recommence if indispensable is (that) we are much than capable, our stockpiles are much than suited for that, some determination and astir the globe due to the fact that of however we equilibrium exquisite and much plentiful munitions," helium said.
That echoed the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which posted connected X that American forces "remain contiguous and vigilant crossed the region."
The efforts to onslaught a woody mediated by Pakistan, were thrown into question this week by U.S. strikes connected the confederate Iranian larboard of Bandar Abbas, countered by retaliatory occurrence from Iran.
Nevertheless, diplomacy continued, including successful a parallel process to halt warring successful Lebanon, which Iran has insisted beryllium included successful immoderate ceremonial extremity to the war, and wherever Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israeli forces had precocious further adjacent arsenic subject delegations from some nations met astatine the Pentagon successful Washington.
Mr. Trump's priorities successful immoderate woody included Iran agreeing to ne'er make atomic weapons and the reopening of the blockaded Strait of Hormuz maritime route, helium said successful a societal media station successful which helium besides announced the Situation Room meeting.
"President Trump volition lone marque a woody that is bully for America and satisfies his reddish lines," a White House authoritative told AFP after the meeting.
"Iran tin ne'er person a atomic weapon," the authoritative added.
Competing conditions
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei pushed backmost connected Mr. Trump's conditions, telling authorities media that the Islamic Republic "said goodbye to the connection of 'must' 47 years ago."
Exchanges of messages were continuing, helium added, but "no last statement has been reached yet."
In a telephone telephone with the Emir of Qatar, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was acceptable to execute a "dignified framework" to extremity the war, according to authorities quality bureau IRNA.
In his post, Mr. Trump said Tehran would region mines from the Strait of Hormuz and extremity its closure of the waterway with "no tolls," portion the U.S. would assistance its parallel blockade of Iranian ports.
The 2 countries would besides coordinate connected removing and destroying Iran's enriched uranium, helium said, adding that "no wealth volition beryllium exchanged, until further notice."
Iran's Fars quality agency, however, cited sources arsenic saying Tehran was demanding "the contiguous merchandise of $12 cardinal successful frozen Iranian assets" earlier moving to the adjacent signifier of negotiations.
On the toll-free reopening of Hormuz, the sources said "no specified clause appears successful the substance of the agreement," portion Mr. Trump's remark connected destroying Iran's atomic worldly "is fundamentally baseless."
Mr. Ali, a nonmigratory of the metropolis of Tonekabon northbound of Tehran, said determination would apt beryllium much strife to come.
"Both sides are speaking successful a mode that keeps their supporters satisfied. It's not wide who is telling the truth," the 49-year-old said.
Fighting successful Lebanon
On the war's different main beforehand successful Lebanon, dense warring continued.
Mr. Netanyahu announced Friday (May 29, 2026) that Israeli forces had precocious beyond a stream that runs astir 30 kilometres (20 miles) northbound of the Lebanon-Israel frontier.
Hezbollah besides said its forces launched attacks connected bluish Israel arsenic good arsenic Israeli troops trying to beforehand adjacent the medieval Beaufort fortress, besides known arsenic Qalaat al-Chakif, a tract Israel's forces had utilized arsenic a basal during their two-decade concern of confederate Lebanon ending successful 2000.
A ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hezbollah was expected to person taken effect connected April 17, but has ne'er been observed with some sides accusing each different of violating the truce.
Lebanon was drawn into the warfare successful aboriginal March erstwhile Tehran-backed Hezbollah launched rockets astatine Israel implicit the sidesplitting of Iran's ultimate person successful US-Israeli attacks, prompting Israeli strikes and a crushed invasion.
Israel and Lebanon began nonstop talks successful April, with a 4th circular expected adjacent week successful Washington pursuing the gathering of subject delegations from some sides connected Friday (May 29, 2026).
