Trump Says Iran Is Near Signing Paper as Gulf Attacks Test Ceasefire
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Updated · JNS.org · Jun 7
Trump Says Iran Is Near Signing Paper as Gulf Attacks Test Ceasefire
2 articles · Updated · JNS.org · Jun 7
Summary
June 3 remarks from Trump cast Iran as “pretty close” to signing an agreement even after reporters pressed him on Gulf attacks and alleged ceasefire violations.
He said Tehran had at times agreed to help recover buried nuclear material, but called that effort “overrated” after B-2 strikes and said he would avoid risking U.S. troops while conflict persists.
Trump also described the ceasefire as holding in a looser regional sense, saying violence there can continue in a “more moderate manner” rather than stop completely.
On regional spillover, he said Washington was trying to separate Lebanon from the Iran fight, claimed first-ever U.S. contact with Hezbollah, and tied reopening the Strait of Hormuz to signing a memorandum.