Reported claim

“US President Donald Trump told CNN on Sunday that the United States and Iran had been close to a deal on Saturday, and that two hours after this potential agreement, Iran hit a ship with a drone.”

high confidence 1 outlet · 1 report

Strengthened after Al-Monitor reported it.

Belief History

Jul 13 Jul 13

Sources

Al-Monitor supports medium reliability

They were giving up everything, and then all of a sudden two hours after that they hit a ship with a drone.

Jul 13, 2026

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