As the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran nears one week, there's little clarity on what comes next in U.S.-Iran relations and whether Iran remains a near-term nuclear threat.

President Trump and Iran's leaders have sent mixed signals on resuming nuclear talks, while new evidence called into further question Trump's claims that U.S. strikes obliterated Iran's nuclear threat.

Trump denied reports Monday that he is weighing a $30 billion deal with Iran that would allow for the development of civilian nuclear facilities.

The ceasefire came after a 12-day conflict between Israel and Iran, started when Israel launched an attack on Tehran in June that it said was meant to prevent the country from developing a nuclear bomb. Iran has maintained its nuclear program is not intended to produce a weapon.

Here are five new developments in the ceasefire:

Leaked Iran call challenges Trump’s 'obliterated' narrative

The Trump administration was roiled Sunday after news broke of intercepted communication between senior Iranian government officials commenting that June's U.S. strikes on Tehran’s nuclear sites were less devastating than expected.

The Iranian officials in a phone call said the U.S. bombing of three nuclear facilities were not as damaging or extensive as had been expected, challenging the Trump administration’s repeated assertions that the sites and Tehran’s nuclear program were “completely and totally obliterated.”

The call, first reported by The Washington Post, follows debate among the intelligence community as to how damaged the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites were after the strikes.

While Trump continues to insist the bombings destroyed all they targeted and sent Iran’s nuclear program back by years, a leaked summary from the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency found that structures underneath Fordow and Natanz........

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