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Iran War Updates: Trump Says Iran Must Make Deal or Face Renewed Attacks

Iran stuck to its most recent demands after President Trump dismissed them as unacceptable. As Mr. Trump left for a summit in China, he told reporters the war was “very much under control.”

Published May 12, 2026Updated May 13, 2026, 9:39 a.m. ET

Max BearakKaroun Demirjian and Megan Mineiro

Here’s the latest.

As he departed for China on Tuesday, President Trump sought to assuage concerns that the cease-fire with Iran was in peril, telling reporters at the White House that “we have Iran very much under control.” But he also reiterated that “we’re either going to make a deal or they’re going to be decimated.”

Iran’s government showed no sign of backing down from its hard-line negotiating stance. On social media, Kazem Gharibabadi, a deputy foreign minister, said Iran’s position was that any peace deal must include reparations for Iran, Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, and an end to U.S. sanctions.

Despite Mr. Trump’s assurances, the nearly month-old cease-fire in Iran looked increasingly fragile on Tuesday and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress that the United States had “a plan to escalate, if necessary.”

Mr. Trump has said that he wants a swift end to the war and a reopening of the strait, but Iran appears to be testing how far he is willing to go to secure those goals. Its demands suggest it could be betting that the economic pain from soaring energy prices will force him to make concessions.

Oil prices continued to climb and stocks cooled on Tuesday. Brent crude rose to $107 a barrel. But even with midterms looming and the cost of living on the minds of voters, Mr. Trump brushed aside concerns over a prolonged energy crisis.

Asked on Tuesday whether the financial woes of Americans was motivating him to make a deal with Iran, he said “not even a little bit.”

“The only thing that matters when I’m talking about Iran — they can’t have a nuclear weapon,” he added.

Ebrahim Rezaei, a spokesman for the national security committee in Iran’s Parliament, warned Tuesday that Tehran could consider enriching uranium to 90 percent purity, a level considered weapons grade, if it was attacked again. It was unclear how seriously Iran was considering such a move, and Mr. Rezaei said only that Parliament could review the option.

Here’s what else we’re covering:

• China summit: Mr. Trump departed for Beijing Tuesday afternoon for a summit with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, that could help shape the future of the war. Mr. Xi is eager to see an end to the fighting with Iran, one of China’s closest Middle East partners. Mr. Trump told reporters on Tuesday that Iran would not be a significant subject at the summit.
• U.S. inflation: Consumer prices in the United States rose last month at the fastest rate in three years, the Labor Department reported on Tuesday, driven largely by energy costs that have spiked since the war began in late February.
• Kuwait: Kuwait’s foreign ministry on Tuesday accused Iran of sending several members of its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to infiltrate a strategically important Kuwaiti island earlier this month.
• Iran earthquake: Residents of Tehran were startled by a moderate earthquake on Tuesday just before midnight local time. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
  

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