President Donald Trump says the negotiations with Iran are proceeding in an "orderly and constructive" manner on Sunday, but he reiterated America's hardline stances.
Trump compared the talks to U.S.-Iran negotiations under former President Barack Obama, which he said produced "One of the worst deals ever made by our Country."
Trump made the comment in a lengthy post to his Truth Social account, arguing the current talks were the "opposite" of Obama's negotiations.
"The negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal in that time is on our side. The Blockade will remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed. Both sides must take their time and get it right. There can be no mistakes! Our relationship with Iran is becoming a much more professional and productive one," Trump wrote.
"They must understand, however, that they cannot develop or procure a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb. I would like to thank, thus far, all of the countries of the Middle East for their support and cooperation, which will be further enhanced and strengthened by their joining the Nations of the historic Abraham Accords and, who knows, perhaps the Islamic Republic of Iran would like to join, as well!" he added.
The U.S. may be willing to make "significant accommodations" for Iran on sanctions relief if the nation's leaders are willing to make a similar accommodations to the U.S. on enriched uranium, a senior administration official told Fox News on Sunday.
The official downplayed reports that the deal could be signed on Sunday, saying Tehran's system "does not move fast enough."
"Our plan is to deal with all of their stockpile of the enriched material," the official said. "We see the Iranians making some serious accommodations on these questions that we didn't see before."
"If the Iranians make significant accommodations on the enrichment question then we will make significant accommodations on sanctions relief," the official continued.
"Even in the IRGC's own propaganda, they did not talk about tolling the Strait of Hormuz. Our position is quite clear. We don't think that a toll is an acceptable outcome," the official added.
Fox News' Trey Yingst contributed to this report.
While President Donald Trump was burning the midnight oil hammering out a last-minute peace and denuclearization deal with Iran, his White House inner circle was hammering the critics from the right for either working to "undermine" peace efforts or "illegally" abusing residual security clearance.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a Fox News contributor, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, received X criticism from some of Trump's top inner circle advisors, including White House communications director Steven Cheung, deputy assistant on counterterror Sebastian Gorka and outside political advisor Alex Bruesewitz.
"Mike Pompeo has no idea what the f--- he's talking about," Cheung wrote in a scathing X post Saturday night. "He should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He's not read into anything that’s happening, so how would he know."
The Pompeo post that drew the ire suggested an impending Trump deal would wind up being an Obama-era-esque capitulation to Iran's ongoing nuclear weapons aspirations.
"The deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy Sherman-Robert Malley-Ben Rhodes playbook: Pay the IRGC to build a WMD program and terrorize the world," Pompeo wrote on X. "Not remotely America First."
"It's straightforward: Open the damned strait. Deny Iran access to money. Take out enough Iranian capability so it cannot threaten our allies in the region.
"Overdue. Let's go."
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Eric Mack.
{{#rendered}}Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said at U.S. Military Academy's Class of 2026 graduation ceremony in West Point, N.Y., that American forces have had to "deploy at a moment's notice to the Middle East."
He hailed America's armed forces as an "iron shield" that protect the U.S. from harm.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed on Sunday that Iran is "not seeking nuclear weapons," according to Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst.
Pezeshkian made the comments as the U.S. and Iran appear closer than ever to achieving a peace deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
"We are ready to assure the world that we are not seeking nuclear weapons. We are not seeking instability in the region," Pezeshkian said.
This comes after reports from Reuters, citing Iranian officials, that Tehran is not willing to give up its near-weapons grade enriched uranium this weekend.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that ensuring Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon is the primary goal of the conflict for the U.S.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that "significant progress" has been made toward reaching a peace deal with Iran, but he cautioned Sunday that it is not "final progress."
Rubio made the comments during his four-day trip to India, saying he hopes to hear good news on negotiations in the coming hours.
He said the Trump administration has already succeeded in one of its major goals, “that is a world that no longer has to be in fear or worry about an Iranian nuclear weapon.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
{{#rendered}}As next month’s highly anticipated World Cup approaches, participating nations are finalizing base camps across the tournament’s three host countries to serve as training headquarters during the competition.
The U.S., Canada and Mexico are co-hosting this year’s World Cup.
However, Iran’s national team — which has faced heightened scrutiny leading up to this summer’s World Cup — recently learned it will not be based in the United States once the tournament begins. According to the president of Iran’s soccer federation, the team will instead establish its base camp in Mexico.
Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, announced the decision Saturday in a statement released by the federation’s media relations office. FIFA did not immediately confirm the move.
Iran had been scheduled to train in Tucson, Arizona, but a move has been a possibility because of uncertainty surrounding the war in the Middle East and security concerns. Officials at Tucson’s Kino Sports Complex declined to comment.
According to Iran's soccer federation, the team's base will now switch to south of the California border to Tijuana, Mexico.
"All team base camps for the countries participating in the World Cup must be approved FIFA," Taj said in his statement. "Fortunately, following the requests we submitted and the meetings we held with FIFA and World Cup officials in Istanbul, as well as the webinar meeting we had yesterday in the Tehran with the respected FIFA secretary general, our request to change the team’s base from the United States to Mexico was approved."
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Chantz Martin.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed President Donald Trump to maintain Israel's freedom to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon under a memorandum of agreement with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, according to an Israeli political source.
The source says Trump and Netanyahu discussed the deal in phone call Sunday night.
"In last night’s conversation with President Trump, the Prime Minister stressed that Israel will maintain freedom of action against threats on all fronts, including Lebanon, and President Trump reiterated his support for this principle," the source said.
"President Trump made clear that he will stand firm in the negotiations on his longstanding demand for the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program and the removal of all enriched uranium from its territory, and that he will not sign a final agreement without these conditions being met," the source continued.
Fox News' TreyYingst contributed to this report.
Fox News has learned new details surrounding the deal taking shape between Iran and the U.S. as negotiations continue into Sunday.
For the next 30 days, U.S. forces will stay "in the proximity of Iran" in order to signal that military response will remain an option if nuclear issues aren't resolved or if Iran violates the interim agreement, per a regional source who has reviewed the deal.
In exchange, Iran will receive oil sanctions waivers and will have frozen funds and assets worth billions of dollars released.
Fox News' Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst and Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
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