ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that all US troops and military forces will remain in the region until an agreement with Iran is reached and “fully complied with,” warning of attacks if it fails, before an upcoming meeting between Tehran and Washington for peace talks.

"All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy, will remain in place,” around Iran in the region until a “REAL AGREEMENT” is reached and fully complied with, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. 

“It was agreed, a long time ago, and despite all of the fake rhetoric to the contrary - NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS and, the Strait of Hormuz WILL BE OPEN & SAFE,” Trump said, warning of an attack on Iran if a deal is not reached.

The comments come amid tensions between Tehran and Washington over Beirut’s inclusion in the ceasefire deal, as Lebanon faces heavy Israeli attacks.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday insisted that Lebanon is not part of the US-Iran ceasefire deal, with Tehran accusing Washington of breaching the truce framework and warning of retaliation.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Washington violated three clauses of the 10-point negotiating framework, including the failure to implement a ceasefire in Lebanon, the “entry of an intruding drone into Iran's airspace,” and the “denial of Iran’s right to [nuclear] enrichment,” in a post on X.

Washington also stressed that, despite Iranian state media rhetoric, the Strait of Hormuz is starting to “reopen.”

US Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that if Washington does not see the Strait reopened, “the President is not going to abide by our terms if the Iranians are not abiding by theirs,” he told reporters.

"The Iranians have got to take the next step, or the president has a lot of options to go back to the war," he added.

Vance noted that if Iran wants to let the negotiations "fall apart over Lebanon," which he said has nothing to do with them, that is ultimately Tehran’s choice, saying "we think that would be dumb."

The US and Iran are set to meet on Friday in Islamabad to officially start a new round of peace talks aimed at reaching a deal over the more than 40-day war in the region.

Tehran’s ceasefire terms are "clear and explicit," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said, noting that Washington should choose between a "ceasefire or continued war via Israel" and that the US cannot have both.

"The world sees the massacres in Lebanon. The ball is in the US court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments," he added.