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Iran live updates: US to hold 'high-level' meeting with Iran in Qatar on Tuesday, press secretary says

The U.S. and Iran agreed on Sunday to halt their attacks, a U.S. official said.

Last Updated: June 29, 2026, 9:58 AM EDT

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

The U.S. and Iran again traded aerial strikes over the weekend, a back-and-forth that followed an Iranian attack on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, Washington said. The U.S. and Iran agreed on Sunday to stop those attacks and allow tankers to move freely through the strait, a U.S. official told ABC News.

Delegations from the United States and Iran entered negotiations this month aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

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Trump says Iran meeting to take place in Qatar

President Donald Trump on Monday morning said that, at Iran's request, there will be a meeting on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar. The president in his social media post did not say who will participate in the meeting.

-ABC News’ Fritz Farrow

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IDF launches strikes in southern Lebanon, claiming ceasefire violations

The Israel Defense Forces launched strikes on what it described as three Hezbollah command centers in southern Lebanon, saying the attacks were a response to ceasefire violations.

"These strikes came in response to the terror organization Hezbollah's continued targeting of our forces operating in the security zone," Avichay Adraee, an IDF spokesperson, said on social media.

An Israeli flag, center, on a destroyed building in southern Lebanon is seen from northern Israel.
Ohad Zwigenberg/AP Photo

The fighting in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, a militant group backed by Iran and based in Lebanon, has threatened to throw off track ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran.

The U.S. on Friday announced a "framework" for future talks between Israel and Lebanon, which would be facilitated by Washington, seeking to end the fighting in Lebanon. Hezbollah on Saturday responded to that framework, saying in a statement it was rejecting the agreement, continuing its resistance and holding on to its weapons.

Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have said Israel plans to remain in a "security zone" in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli Air Force struck overnight alleged Hezbollah command centers in Nabatieh and Mayfadoun in southern Lebanon, the IDF said early Monday.

"Additionally, troops struck and dismantled a launcher that Hezbollah continued using to attack them," the IDF said on social media.

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