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.