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Iran live updates: Trump says Iran can strike deal or 'get annihilated'

PHOTO: Government supporters wave Iranian flags in a pro-government gathering at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, May 13, 2026.
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Trump says 'I don't think about Americans' financial situation' in Iran negotiations
By David Brennan, Nadine El-Bawab
Last Updated: May 15, 2026, 3:44 AM

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.

Following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, initial U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan in April failed to reach a peace deal.

Trump later announced the open-ended extension of the ceasefire and the continuation of a U.S. blockade until negotiations are concluded "one way or the other."

Key Headlines

  • Trump says Iran can strike deal or 'get annihilated'
  • House fails to adopt Iran war powers resolution in a tied vote
  • Trump says that Xi 'would love' to help the US on Iran
  • Chinese ships transiting the strait amid Xi-Trump summit
  • IDF launches new strikes in south Lebanon
  • Vessel boarded off UAE and heading to Iranian waters, UKMTO says
Here's how the news is developing.

May 15, 2026 3:44 AM

Trump says Iran can strike deal or 'get annihilated'

President Donald Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity in China that aired Thursday night, said the options for Iran are either they "make a deal or they get annihilated."

Trump added, "I don't want to do that, but we have the greatest military."

In the interview Trump acknowledged that Iran has been able to rebuild some of its capabilities.

"They built it up a little bit. We'll take it out in one day. It'll all be gone," Trump said.

Trump later said that he is not going to be “much more patient” with Iran amid the ongoing negotiations.

"They should make a deal. Any sane person would make a deal, but they might be crazy," Trump said.

Trump added that the U.S. has nine cameras trained on the three targeted nuclear sites and if Iran tried to access the enriched uranium there, the U.S. would "hit them with a couple of bombs."

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Michelle Stoddart, Meg Mistry and Nicholas Kerr


May 14, 2026 9:10 PM

House fails to adopt Iran war powers resolution in a tied vote

The House failed to adopt an Iran war powers resolution by a vote of 212-212. A tied vote means a failed vote in the House.

GOP Reps. Thomas Massie, of Kentucky; Brian Fitzpatrick, of Pennsylvania; and Tom Barrett, of Michigan, voted in favor with nearly all Democrats. Rep. Jared Golden, of Maine, was the only Democrat who voted no.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller


May 14, 2026 5:40 PM

Trump says that Xi 'would love' to help the US on Iran

President Donald Trump said that Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to see a deal on Iran and "would love" to help the U.S., Trump told Fox News in an interview in China.

"President Xi would like to see a deal made. He would like to see a deal made. And he did offer, he said, if I can be of any help at all I would like to be of help," Trump told Fox News.

"He’d like to see the Hormuz Strait open. He said if I can be of any help whatsoever I would like to help," Trump said.

Trump said Jinping told him China will not give Iran military equipment.

"But at the same time he said they buy a lot of their oil there and they’d like to keep doing that," Trump said.



May 14, 2026 12:48 PM

Chinese ships transiting the strait amid Xi-Trump summit

Several Chinese ships are moving through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with Iran and per the "Iranian management protocol" of the strait, according to the Fars News, an Iranian semi-official news agency.


May 11, 2026 4:50 PM

Trump considering restarting Project Freedom, believes Iranian leaders are 'going to fold'

President Donald Trump told Fox News journalist John Roberts he is considering restarting Project Freedom, but noted that the U.S. Navy’s role in allegedly “guiding” ships through the Strait of Hormuz would “only be a piece of it."

Further details of the president's plans with the operation were not immediately available.

Project Freedom went into effect exactly one week ago before Trump abruptly paused it Tuesday evening.

According to Fox News, Trump expressed confidence in Iran complying with his demands, saying “they’re going to fold.” On Sunday, Trump blasted Iran's response to the U.S. proposal, calling it "totally unacceptable."

Asked whether he wishes to negotiate with a new round of leaders in Iran, Trump told Fox News, "I will deal with them until they make a deal.”

Trump has repeatedly criticized Iran’s leadership, saying they’re disjointed and not able to communicate with each other. In recent weeks, the president has also suggested that he doesn’t need to make a deal with Iran at all.

Trump also reportedly told Fox News that Iranian negotiators said Iran does not have the technology to retrieve their nuclear dust and that the U.S. must go into Iran to obtain it.

-ABC News’ Emily Chang


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