Live updates: Trump says no deal in Iran without ‘unconditional surrender'

The president said on social media today that there would be no ceasefire deal without Iran's "unconditional surrender."

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What to Know

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told "NBC Nightly News" that Iran is not asking for a ceasefire and is ready for any U.S. ground invasion. Trump told NBC News that would be a "waste of time," adding on social media today that there would be no deal without Iran's "unconditional surrender."
  • U.S. crude oil recorded its biggest weekly gain on record, dating back to the inception of the West Texas Intermediate oil contract in March 1983, as the escalating Iran war threatens global energy supplies.
  • Iran has continued to strike neighboring Gulf nations with missiles and drones. The State Department said nearly 20,000 American citizens have returned to the U.S. since the war began Saturday, but thousands remain stranded in the Middle East.
  • Hundreds of people have been killed across the Middle East. In Iran, more than 940 have been killed by Israeli and American strikes, Iranian state media reported, and 11 have died in Israel as Iran fired back. The U.S. government has identified six service members who were killed. And in Lebanon, 123 people have been killed by Israeli strikes.
  • Plans are being made in Iran to introduce a new supreme leader, Iranian state media reported, amid a new power vacuum and growing speculation about who will replace slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.