Last UpdateJune 12, 2026, 9:01 AM EDT

President Donald Trump said Thursday that negotiators reached a breakthrough in talks with Iran to end the war and that a deal is nearly complete. Trump also said he “cancelled” scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran.

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WHAT TO KNOW

• President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. has “just made a great settlement of the war with Iran” and that a deal is nearing completion.
• Trump said the agreement would ensure Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen.
• Trump added that Vice President JD Vance is expected to attend a signing ceremony, which he said could take place in Europe as soon as this weekend.
• A senior U.S. official told Fox News that “U.S. forces shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones” in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday after it appeared they tried to strike commercial ships.

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Deal with US is ‘mostly finalized,’ Iran’s foreign ministry says

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei. (Foad Ashtari/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said that the text of a deal with the United States to end the conflict is “mostly finalized.” 

Baghaei made the comment during a phone call broadcast on Iranian state television, according to The Associated Press. 

“The problem is that the contradictions in America’s position have caused turbulence to this process,” he reportedly added. 

President Donald Trump said Thursday that negotiators are nearing an agreement and suggested a signing ceremony could take place in Europe as soon as this weekend. 

“We have a signing soon,” Trump said, adding that the Strait of Hormuz would reopen once the agreement is finalized. 

A source told Reuters on Friday that the deal could possibly be signed on Sunday, with Geneva emerging as a potential venue for the event. 

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner and The Associated Press contributed to this post. 

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Netanyahu vows Iran ‘will not have nuclear weapons’ as long as he is prime minister of Israel

President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they shake hands during a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Dec. 29, 2025. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Friday that “As long as I am the Prime Minister of Israel – Iran will not have nuclear weapons.” 

Netanyahu said in a statement that he and President Donald Trump are in “full agreement” on that issue. 

“For over 30 years, I have been at the forefront of the international struggle against Iran’s nuclear program,” Netanyahu said. “Were it not for this struggle, Iran would have long ago possessed atomic bombs to destroy Israel.” 

“Iran is working to destroy the Jewish state, and I am dedicating my life to preventing them from doing so,” he added. “As long as I am the Prime Minister of Israel, this will not happen.” 

Fox News’ Simon Owen contributed to this post.

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US must ‘force our way’ to get Strait of Hormuz reopened, expert says

Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs told “Fox & Friends First” on Friday that the U.S. must continue to use force against Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and that she’s “not confident” a memorandum of understanding will be signed with the regime. 

“I think President Trump has been exactly right that you use military force for diplomatic purposes and I think that the only way we are actually going to get any progress here is if we force our way through the Strait,” Heinrichs said. 

She added that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) “continues to fire at us, we fire back and yes, degrade their air defenses, degrade a lot of their radar, but from my perspective, that’s the way forward.” 

“We just keep doing what we have been doing and potentially bring in more allies to help us do it, but I do not see a deal in which we are actually asking the IRGC to permit us through, I think we have to continue what we have been doing and force our way through to get oil flowing through the strait,” Heinrichs said. 

She also told Fox News that she is “not confident” that the U.S. will sign a memorandum of understanding with Tehran. 

“We have seen this before where the administration certainly tries to push the momentum to get a deal. But because the administration has been very clear that there is not going to be any money released to the regime and that the United States is not going to lift the blockade until the IRGC demonstrates it will let ships through the Strait without harassing them and shooting at them, and until the Iran regime… commits to full dismantlement of its nuclear program, that the United States isn’t going to remove any U.S. forces from the region at all,” Heinrichs said. 

“Because of those red lines that President Trump has been so consistent on, I do not see anybody in the Iran regime willing to make that deal and having the ability to enforce it and control the IRGC,” she added. “Remember, the IRGC is still shooting at U.S. forces in the region. They just shot down an Apache helicopter with Americans in it, thankfully they were safe and sound, we were able to rescue them without harm. But I am not confident that this deal is going to happen and if there is a deal I don’t think it’s going to be worth the paper it’s on.”

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