The Iranians have got to take the next step, or President Trump has a lot of options to go back to the war.

President Trump has talked about sanctions relief. He has also talked about economic partnerships and things like that.

But that’s not going to happen unless the Iranians make a firm commitment to stop anything close to the development of a nuclear weapon.

President Trump has all the cards. We have a lot of leverage and a lot of things we can do.

First of all, he said that there are a few points of disagreement before the negotiation. Well, that must mean that there are a lot of points of agreement because there's a 15-point plan and a 10-point plan floating around.

If he's frustrated about three issues, that actually means that there's a lot of agreement.

I actually wonder how good he is at understanding English, because there are things that he said that frankly did not make sense in the context of the negotiations we had.

He talked about an attack that allegedly happened on Iran and how that was a violation of the ceasefire. Ceasefires are always messy. This is the nature of a ceasefire.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf said, "We refuse to give up the right to enrichment."

And I thought to myself: my wife has the right to skydive, but she doesn’t jump out of an airplane because we have an agreement that she’s not going to do that—I don’t want my wife jumping out of an airplane.

We don’t really concern ourselves with what they claim they have the right to do; we concern ourselves with what they actually do.

The first 10-point proposal was something that was submitted, and we frankly think it was probably written by ChatGPT. It was submitted to Witkoff and Kushner.

That immediately went into the garbage and was rejected.

There was a second 10-point proposal that was much more reasonable. It was based on some back-and-forth between us, the Pakistanis, and the Iranians. That is the proposal the president was referencing, and it’s true as of yesterday.

And then, frankly, I’ve seen a third 10-point proposal that’s even more maximalist than the first one that’s been floating around various social media channels.

I actually think that [the situation with Lebanon] is a reasonable misunderstanding.

Neither we nor the Israelis said that Lebanon was going to be part of the ceasefire.

We stand with all our might alongside the Hezbollah mujahideen, and we will punish the Zionist enemy.

The responsibility for the collapse of the ceasefire lies with America, which either does not want to or cannot leash its rabid dog.

Violations of the ceasefire by America will also not be tolerated.

I spoke today with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and U.S. President Donald Trump.

I told both of them that their decision to accept a ceasefire was the best possible one.

I expressed my hope that the ceasefire will be fully respected by each of the belligerents, across all areas of confrontation, including in Lebanon. This is a necessary condition for the ceasefire to be credible and lasting.

It must open the way to comprehensive negotiations capable of ensuring security for all in the Middle East.

Any agreement will have to address the concerns raised by Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, as well as its regional policy and its actions obstructing navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

This is how a strong and lasting peace can be built, with the support of all those who are able to contribute to it. France will play its full part, in close coordination with its partners in the Middle East.

This is also what I discussed today in my exchanges with the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Iraq.

I have just spoken with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.

I expressed France’s full solidarity in the face of the indiscriminate strikes carried out by Israel in Lebanon today, which resulted in a very high number of civilian casualties. We condemn these strikes in the strongest possible terms.

They pose a direct threat to the sustainability of the ceasefire that has just been reached. Lebanon must be fully covered by it.

I reiterated the need to preserve Lebanon’s territorial integrity and France’s determination to support the efforts of the Lebanese authorities to uphold the country’s sovereignty and implement the Hezbollah disarmament plan.

People across Lebanon were holding their breath for a ceasefire agreement, but a wave of deadly strikes plunged the country into panic and chaos.

Many who had begun thinking of the moment when they might return to their homes have been rushing to streets and hospitals, searching for missing loved ones or seeking a safety that feels increasingly out of reach.

There is no doubt the world is in a better place today than it was yesterday [as Trump didn't go through with his deadline].

The big question is if the world is in a better place than it was 40 days ago... I'm more than doubtful.