President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office on Thursday that a deal to end the war is close, without giving details. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Associated Press.
Trump hours earlier threatened to launch major strikes on Iran and to seize control of its oil and gas industries as escalating attacks between the countries pushed the Middle East closer to full-scale war. The threats came after the U.S. and Iran traded strikes for a second straight day. Trump has claimed multiple times the U.S. and Iran are on the verge of a peace deal without anything coming to fruition.
According to Associated Press, on June 10, 2026, residents swam and played in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, while cargo ships and commercial vessels lay anchored in the distance. On June 11, Trump was pictured during an event where he signed a proclamation about the fishing industry in the Oval Office. On April 12, Vice President JD Vance talked to Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar before boarding Air Force Two after attending talks on Iran in Islamabad. On June 12, a woman walked past an anti-American mural on the wall of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, now a museum.
Associated Press reported that this story was by Munir Ahmed, Michelle L. Price and Russ Bynum.