Iran war latest: Trump says he ‘blow them to a thousand hells’ in threat to Tehran

â Donald Trump will â hold a ​phone â call â on ​Saturday â with leaders ‌from Saudi ‌Arabia, Qatar, the ‌UAE, â Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan, an ‌Arab ​official ‌told Reuters.

The US president said on Saturday that negotiators for the United States and Iran were “getting a lot â closer” to finalising an agreement to end the war, according to an interview with CBS News.

He said a final agreement would prevent Iran from â obtaining a nuclear weapon and ​would â ensure that Iran’s enriched uranium would be “satisfactorily handled,” according to CBS.

“I will only â sign a deal where we get everything ​we â want,” Trump was quoted as ‌saying. Iran, the United States and mediator Pakistan all said on Saturday that progress had been ‌made in talks on ending ‌almost three months of war.

Trump said he would discuss the latest Iran draft agreement with advisers on Saturday and â might make a decision on whether to resume the war by Sunday, he told Axios in a separate interview.

“Either we reach a good deal or I’ll blow them to a thousand hells,” Trump said, according to Axios.

Donald Trump said on Saturday â he will discuss the latest Iran â draft ​agreement with â advisers and might â make a ​decision on â whether ‌to resume the war by Sunday, ‌Axios reported, ‌citing an interview with â the president.

“I think one of two things will happen: either I hit them harder than they have ever been hit, or we are going to sign a deal that is good,” Trump said.

He added it was a “solid 50/50” as to whether he would be able to make a “good” deal or else “blow them to kingdom come.”

Donald Trump said on Saturday â he will discuss the latest Iran â draft ​agreement with â advisers and might â make a ​decision on â whether ‌to resume the war by Sunday, ‌Axios reported, ‌citing an interview with â the president.

“Either we reach a good deal or I’ll blow them ‌to a ​thousand hells,” ‌he was â quoted as â saying.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah claims it hasreceived a message from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, saying Iran would not drop its support for the group.

In a statement, the group added that Tehran’s latest proposal submitted through Pakistani mediation to end the Iran war reaffirmed its demand that Lebanon be included in any ceasefire agreement.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says some progress has been made on Washington’s dispute with Iran and that the US might have “something to say” on the issue in the coming days.

“There’s been some progress done, some progress made, even as I speak to you now, there’s some work being done,†Rubio told reporters during his visit to New Delhi.

“There is a chance that, whether it’s later today, tomorrow, in a couple days, we may have something to say.â€

Iran said on Saturday that any mechanism concerning the Strait of Hormuz should be agreed between Iran, Oman and the countries bordering the waterway, and that the United States “has nothing to do†with it.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei also said Iran was focused on finalising a memorandum of understanding through Pakistani-mediated talks between Tehran and Washington, according to Iran’s state media.

France has banned Israel’s far-right Israeli police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from French territory, foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot said.

The decision reflected growing anger among many governments over the treatment of Gaza flotilla activists this week.

“As from today, Itamar Ben-Gvir is banned from entering French territory,†wrote Barrot on X.

“Along with my Italian counterpart, I am asking the European Union to also take sanctions against Itamar Ben-Gvir,†he added.

Western governments have voiced outrage after Ben-Gvir posted a video of himself taunting Gaza-bound flotilla activists being pinned to the ground, with some of them later alleging they were physically an sexually assaulted in detention.

Iran’s top negotiator has accused the US of not being an honest party in negotiations to end their war and insists Tehran will not compromise on its national rights.

Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf made the remarks to Pakistani army chief Asim Munir during talks in Tehran on Saturday.

Qalibaf said Iran would pursue its “legitimate rightsâ€, both on the battlefield and through diplomacy, but added that it could not trust “a party that has no honesty at allâ€, an allegation Iran has made several times before.

He said Iran’s armed forces had rebuilt their capabilities during the ceasefire and that, if the United States “foolishly restarts the warâ€, the consequences would be “more forceful and bitter†than at the start of the conflict.