Iran live updates: US-Iran talks ongoing, Israel advances in Lebanon

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun held a call on Friday, during which Rubio "reiterated that Hizballah is entirely responsible for the ongoing fighting” in the country, according to the U.S. State Department.

The readout makes no mention of the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel but says Rubio "commended President Aoun’s courage and vision in pursuing direct negotiations with Israel” during their conversation.

Negotiations between Lebanon and Israel are set to resume in Washington next week.

-ABC News' Shannon K. Kingston

President Donald Trump's meeting in the Situation Room about the possible draft deal with Iran has ended, according to a White House official.

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

Negotiations between Iran and the U.S. are still ongoing and a text for a memorandum of understanding, an agreement, "has not yet been finalized," Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Friday.

"What the Americans refer to as a 'maritime blockade' was an illegal action from the very beginning, both a violation of the ceasefire and an obstruction of international freedom of navigation. We need to see in practice whether they will actually follow through on this statement or if it is merely a propaganda claim," Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesperson for Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Iran’s State TV Friday.

"Regarding an agreement, as I said, as I speak to you now, message exchanges are continuing, but no final agreement has been reached," he said.

Iranian officials said negotiations with the U.S. are focused on ending the war imposed on Iran and nuclear issues are not being discussed in detail at this stage, according to Iranian Press TV.

The Strait of Hormuz has been under Iran's special measures since the imposed war began and is closed to hostile military vessels, however, commercial ships have transited through the route in coordination with Iranian authorities, according to Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei.

Baghaei also said Iran and Oman must establish mechanisms that both preserve their national interests and security as well as reassure the international community that shipping through this route is conducted safely.