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Iran live updates: Trump holds off strikes, weighs diplomacy, stockpiles, sources say

The US and Iran are locked in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz.

ByDavid Brennan
Last Updated: July 27, 2026, 4:07 PM 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.

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange strikes, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz the primary flashpoint.

Key Headlines

Here's how the news is developing.
1 minute ago

60 dead in 12 days of strikes: Iranian Health Ministry

The Iranian Health Ministry said the last 12 days of strikes by the U.S. left 60 people dead and about 670 others injured.

U.S. forces struck targeted Iranian military operations centers, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military logistics infrastructure, during an 11th consecutive night of strikes in Iran, July 21, 2026.
U.S. Central Command
7 minutes ago

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister: 'Iran rejected an American proposal'

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said Monday that the Iranian delegation has made no pleas or requests to continue negotiations and he said Iran rejected an American proposal.

2 hours and 40 minutes ago

Trump claims US and Iran are 'meeting'

President Donald Trump said Monday that U.S. and Iranian representatives are meeting for renewed peace talks amid a lull in fighting, even though Iran continues to publicly insist it is not currently negotiating with the U.S.

Small boats line the shore as cargo ships and other commercial vessels appear anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, July 27, 2026.
Razieh Poudat/Isna via AP

"They want to meet, and we're meeting," Trump said. "We'll see what happens. There's a chance we could make a deal, but without what we did they wouldn't even be talking to us. They requested a meeting through their surrogates and directly, and we're meeting."

Trump also said he is not in a rush to reach a deal with Iran.

“I have plenty of time,” Trump told reporters when asked how much patience he had.

Asked whether he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are on the same page, Trump indicated that they mostly are. Trump said if Iran does not make a deal, the U.S. will "go back to the same thing."

"Yeah, for a little difference, but pretty close,” Trump said. “Yeah. Well, Iran took a beating over the last 14 days, and they asked us very nicely, 'Please stop, let's meet.' And that's where we are right now, let's see what happens. If we don't make a deal, we go back to the same thing.”

-ABC News’ Michelle Stoddart

12:02 PM EDT

Trump tells Axios he's prepared to return to 'very strong military action' in Iran

President Donald Trump told Axios he is prepared to return to “very strong military action” in Iran if talks fail and that he’s not willing to give diplomacy “much time.”

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft flies in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, July 22, 2026.
Senior Airman Adriana Jordan Alcaniz/USAF

"We are in very deep talks with Iran. If they don't work out, we will go back to very strong military action," Trump said in the interview.

Axios said it asked Trump how long he's willing to give diplomacy. Axios said Trump responded, "Not much time. Either it goes fast or not at all.”

Trump is reported as saying he paused the nearly two-week long-assault on Iran after “all of the people that deal with Iran asked me: ‘Don't fire.’”

-ABC News’ Fritz Farrow

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