WSJ reported on August 9 that Trump privately floated ending the war without a nuclear agreement if Iran fully reopens Hormuz, as Tehran raised maximum reopening conditions.
In late July, Trump repeatedly threatened the under-construction Pickaxe Mountain site near Natanz, buried deep enough that even bunker-busters may not fully destroy it.
A 14-point memorandum signed around the G7 summit ends military operations on paper, lifts the US blockade on a 30-day clock, reopens Hormuz traffic, and starts a 60-day final-deal window.
Negotiators craft a preliminary MOU to extend the Iran war ceasefire by 60 days and open nuclear talks. Trump still must approve. Hormuz traffic and uranium remain the hard points.
A projectile struck near Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, killing one guard. Russia evacuated 198 Rosatom staff. IRGC Wave 96 hit energy targets across Israel, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait.
US-Israeli strikes target area near Iran's sole operational nuclear power plant for the fourth time; one killed, IAEA reports no radiation increase.
Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant has been attacked for the fourth time during the US-Israeli war, killing one employee. Russia has evacuated 198 personnel from the facility as the IAEA expresses deep concern.
Projectile strikes grounds of Iran's only nuclear power plant as Israel confirms killing of IRGC navy chief Rear Adm. Alireza Tangsiri
Proposal covers sanctions relief, nuclear rollback, missile limits, and reopening of Strait of Hormuz
Clinton's South Asia Visit: Democracy vs Dictatorship
Israeli F-16 fighters destroy Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor near Baghdad in Operation Opera, claiming it was developing nuclear weapons.