That echoed the US Central Command, which posted on X that American forces “remain present and vigilant across the region”.
The efforts to strike a deal mediated by Pakistan were thrown into question this week by US strikes on the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas countered by retaliatory fire from Iran.
Nevertheless, diplomacy continued including in a parallel process to stop fighting in Lebanon – which Iran has insisted be included in any formal end to the war and where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israeli forces had advanced further even as military delegations from both nations met at the Pentagon in Washington.
Trump’s priorities in any deal included Iran agreeing to never developing nuclear weapons and the re-opening of the blockaded Strait of Hormuz maritime route, he said in a social media post in which he also announced the Situation Room meeting.
“President Trump will only make a deal that is good for America and satisfies his red lines,” a White House official told AFP after the meeting.
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