Live: US and Iran say peace deal reached, signing planned in Geneva

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the United States and Iran have reached a peace deal.

“Both sides have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon,” Sharif said in a post on X early on Monday.

Sharif said the formal signing ceremony would take place in Switzerland on June 19.

US President Donald Trump plans to issue a statement soon confirming that Washington has agreed to a deal with Iran, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Trump told the newspaper the agreement could be signed electronically by him or Vice President JD Vance.

Iran has not yet confirmed that it will accept the deal, according to the report.

US President Donald Trump says Iran will never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz will be “opening for business very shortly”.

In another social media post, Trump said a deal with Tehran would act as a “WALL against Iran ever having a Nuclear weapon”.

He also attacked the Obama administration’s 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, saying the JCPOA had been “a road to a Nuclear weapon for Iran, cash and all”.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has condemned Israel’s strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs as a "terrorist crime", saying the attack violated Lebanon’s sovereignty and breached the ceasefire agreement.

The ministry said the strike amounted to a "blatant violation" of the ceasefire and accused Israel of driving further escalation in the region.

Tehran also said it holds the United States directly responsible for Israel’s actions, warning that Washington and Israel would bear responsibility for any dangerous consequences.

Iran added that it remains determined to use "all necessary means" to exercise its inherent right to self-defence.

Iran’s ISNA news agency says flights across the country are continuing as scheduled and that authorities have not issued a new NOTAM, or aviation notice, suspending flights.

ISNA said existing restrictions on flights in parts of western Iran remain in place but have not changed.

Earlier, Tasnim news agency reported that flights from western Iranian airports had been cancelled until further notice.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he “strongly” condemns Israel’s attack on Beirut, which he said “took place despite the ceasefire”.

In a post on X, Guterres said the strike came “at a time when the US & Iran are expected to reach an agreement that will pave the way to a peaceful resolution of this conflict”.

He warned that the conflict was “having a devastating impact on the world’s economy” and urged all sides to “show maximum restraint at this crucial moment”.

Iran appears to be taking precautions around flights and airports in the west of the country, amid heightened regional tensions.

Tasnim news agency reported that flights from western Iranian airports had been cancelled until further notice.

But Mehr news agency, quoting Iran’s Civil Aviation Authority, said no new navigational notices had been issued to impose flight restrictions across the country.

Senior Iranian political, military and security officials have signalled that a retaliatory response is coming after Israel’s strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, even as Trump says a deal with Tehran could be finalised within hours.

The warnings came after Israel escalated its attacks on Lebanon at a highly sensitive moment in US-Iran negotiations.

A senior Iranian lawmaker said a "strong response is coming", while the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said a response by "Islamic warriors" was on the way.

Iran’s top joint military command said it has a "finger on the trigger" and is ready to strike at the "enemy's heart". It added that Iranian forces are waiting for the "smallest mistake" to "teach them an unforgettable lesson".

An adviser to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei later said Iran would "teach the attackers a regrettable lesson".

Two people have been killed in an attack on an orchard in al-Housh municipality, in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district, according to the National News Agency.

The report said an ambulance team transferred the victims to a local hospital.

Iran’s top joint military command says its forces have a "finger on the trigger" and are ready to strike at the "enemy's heart", according to Iranian state media.

The command said Iran’s military capabilities have grown stronger under Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

It added that Iranian forces are waiting for the "smallest mistake" by the "enemy" to "teach them an unforgettable lesson".

US President Donald Trump has told Axios that a deal with Iran to end the war remains on track for Sunday, despite Israel’s strike on Beirut and Tehran’s threat to retaliate.

“[The Israeli attack] shook it up. It delayed the signing by a few hours. It was supposed to be now. Now it is scheduled for a few hours from now,” Trump said in a phone call with the US outlet.

Trump said he was shocked when advisers briefed him on the Israeli attack and that he was furious with Netanyahu over the timing.

“It is so bad – I couldn’t believe it. An hour before we are supposed to sign the deal,” Axios quoted him as saying.

Trump has told Fox News that a deal with Iran is expected in the “next two to three hours”, as mediators signal that negotiations are close to a breakthrough.

Reuters, citing an official involved in the talks, reports that mediators are optimistic a US-Iran agreement is “nearly over the line”.

The comments come as diplomatic efforts intensify to end the wider war and contain Israeli escalation, with Tehran resisting pressure to accept terms that would leave Israel free to continue its attacks across the region.

Lebanon’s health ministry says Israel’s war on the country has killed at least 3,783 people and wounded 11,699 others between 2 March and 14 June, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

US President Donald Trump said that Israel's attack on Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday "should not have happened".

"Israel has the right to defend itself against threats, but the attack it was responding to was very small and meaningless, nobody was hurt, injured, or killed, and should not disrupt this important process," he wrote in a post

The US president demanded that there should be "no more attacks by Israel anywhere in Lebanon, but there should also be no more attacks by any other party, including Hezbollah, against Israel".

Trump also added that Washington is "very close" to a deal in the Middle East that would "bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon".

"This could be the beginning of a long and beautiful peace — Let’s not blow it!"

US President Donald Trump is set to hold talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the upcoming G7 summit in France.

In a statement, the Egyptian presidency said Sisi is expected to hold a series of bilateral meetings during the event, with talks centring on "discussing ways to resolve international geopolitical crises and address their repercussions on trade, energy, and supply chains".