U.S. President Donald Trump said U.S. forces in the Middle East would "remain in place" until U.S. and Iranian negotiators reach and implement a permanent agreement to end the war, and he threatened to resume strikes if Iran did not capitulate to U.S. demands, AP reported on April 8. Trump's statements came hours after Iran's Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf alleged that the United States had violated three stipulations of Iran's 10-point proposal to end the war, including Israeli attacks on Lebanon, though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later announced on April 9 that he had ordered direct negotiations with Lebanon to begin the week of April 13 in Washington, D.C.

Despite the ceasefire beginning on April 7, Iran has prevented tankers from transiting the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel's attacks on Lebanon, and only four vessels — none of which were oil or gas tankers — reportedly transited on the first day of the ceasefire. Iran's envoy to Pakistan deleted a social media post in which he announced that Iranian mediators would arrive in Islamabad on the evening of April 9 ahead of scheduled U.S.-Iran talks set to begin on April 10 in Islamabad, where U.S. Vice President JD Vance is supposed to lead the U.S. delegation.