Trump claims war with Iran is over, but Tehran denies any final deal

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday, 11 June 2026, that the United States had "ended the war" with Iran, though Tehran has yet to confirm any agreement.

Speaking on a telerally supporting Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, Trump said: "I don't know if you heard, but we ended the war with Iran today. They have agreed never to have a nuclear weapon, something that we insisted on; that was the whole purpose. That was 95 percent of it."

The remarks followed an earlier announcement in which Trump said he had cancelled planned strikes against Iran because "final points" of an agreement had been approved by all parties.

Iran disputes Trump's account

Despite Trump's statements, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, told state-run news agency IRNA that reports of a finalised deal were "merely speculation".

Baghaei said Iran had "not reached a final decision regarding any agreement" and that Qatar and Pakistan were "active as mediators", though "U.S. actions are affecting the diplomatic process".

He added that a large portion of the negotiating text had previously been finalised, but that "the Americans kept changing their positions". He said Iran had "proven that it does not compromise on what it has defined as its red lines".

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) also cast doubt on Trump's claims, stating that Iranian officials had not confirmed any deal and noting that Trump had "repeatedly made contradictory and inaccurate statements" since the war began.

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency, which is closely linked to the IRGC, said Trump's statements "should not be taken at face value" unless Iran officially announces an agreement.

Strikes cancelled, blockade to continue

Trump wrote on social media platform Truth Social that discussions with "the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved", and that he had therefore cancelled the scheduled strikes.

He listed the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Egypt as nations involved in the approvals.

Trump said the naval blockade on Iranian ports would remain in place "until this Transaction is finalized", and that the "Time and place of the signing" would be announced shortly.

He later told reporters in the Oval Office that he believed Iran's supreme leader supported the agreement "conceptually", including allowing the US to secure nuclear materials and halting pursuit of a nuclear weapon.

Trump described the document as "a very strong memorandum of understanding" that was "a little conceptual", and said Vice President JD Vance could attend a signing ceremony in Europe in the coming days.

Netanyahu reaction and proxy concerns

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Trump after the US president's social media post, which reportedly surprised the Israeli leader during a security meeting on Iran.

According to a readout from the prime minister's office, Netanyahu expressed appreciation for Trump's commitment that a final agreement would remove Iran's enriched uranium, dismantle its nuclear infrastructure, limit missile production and halt support for regional proxies.

However, Trump's public remarks have focused on enriched uranium, with no recent mention of ballistic missiles or proxy groups.

An Israeli source told CNN that Israel was not aware of any impending agreement or approval, appearing to contradict Trump's claims.

Background: strikes and threats over Kharg Island

The announcement followed days of escalation. Trump had earlier vowed to strike Iran "VERY HARD TONIGHT" and threatened to seize Kharg Island, which handles roughly 90 per cent of Iran's crude exports.

Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, warned Iran would deliver a "firm, crushing, painful, and regret-inducing response" to any attempt to take the island.

Iran's top joint military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, separately warned that any further US attack would trigger "a response even more severe than before" and accused Washington of duplicity.

Mediation efforts and market reaction

A source familiar with the talks said mediators had achieved "breakthroughs" following discussions between Qatari and Iranian officials in Tehran this week, addressing sticking points over the sequencing of nuclear negotiations and financial relief for Iran.

Trump had reportedly returned a revised draft agreement nearly two weeks earlier, seeking to harden language on the nuclear issue, before Iran sent back its latest draft via Qatari mediators.

Following Trump's announcement, oil prices fell sharply, with Brent crude dropping 3.7 per cent to just below US$90 per barrel. US stocks rose, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 810 points, or 1.62 per cent.

Separately, Iran is reportedly considering adding business interests linked to Elon Musk to its military target list, according to Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC. The agency alleged that infrastructure including Starlink had supported US and Israeli military operations during the conflict.