WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran are not quite at the finish line, but are very close to a deal to resolve their conflict, a senior U.S. official said on Friday, adding that Washington expects to sign a deal in the coming days.

"The negotiating team has got us in a very good spot, but let's see here, we're not quite at the finish line yet, but we are very close," the U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told reporters.

By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States has reached a deal to end the war with Iran, but the agreement has not been finalized and he has disputed accounts that it favors Tehran.

Since the conflict began on February 28, Trump has repeatedly stated that a deal to end the war is imminent.

Here are some examples:

• "We have points of, major points of agreement, I would say, almost all points of agreement. ... I think this is something that's going to happen." - March 23, speaking aboard Air Force One

Rainbow flags, colourful floats and Bad Bunny on loudspeakers brought a festive mood to Tel Aviv for this year's Pride march, the first in full form since before the October 7 attack and the war in Gaza.

"I wanted to come last year, they cancelled it at the last minute, and the previous year too," Orion Tree, a nursery employee who joined the march, told AFP under the blazing sun of the coastal Israeli city.

"I'm 40 years old, and I've been waiting to go to Pride since I was a child. So I'm really happy to be here," he said.

June 12 (Reuters) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that a final, agreed text of a peace deal between the United States and Iran had been reached.

Islamabad is working with both sides to finalize next steps, Sharif added in an X post.

(Reporting by Rajveer Singh Pardesi in Bengaluru; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

By Robbie Corey-Boulet

DAKAR, June 12 (Reuters) - The United States has deported an Iranian pro-democracy activist to Central African Republic, her lawyer said on Friday, describing it as a "super dangerous" transfer to a country with which the activist has no connection.

The Iranian American Legal Defense Fund (IALDF) said on Thursday three Iranian women who fled persecution were at risk of deportation, including one who had converted to Christianity.

A US deportation flight landed in the Central African Republic on Friday, lawyers and activists said, carrying nationals from Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Georgia as part of the latest "third-country" deportation under US President Donald Trump.

Deportations of people -- including those with legal protections -- to countries where they have no links have become a staple Trump's expanded crackdown on immigration.

The US State Department advisory for the impoverished, violence-wracked CAR reads: "Do not travel to Central African Republic for any reason."

WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran's leaked comments on a deal with the United States do not represent what has been agreed to in writing.

"What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith. AMAZING!," he wrote on Truth Social.

"They better get their act together, and FAST!," Trump said.

US President Donald Trump accused Iran on Friday of lying about the contents of a proposed deal to end the war, with the White House insisting Tehran would dismantle its nuclear program.

The two sides released starkly different accounts of the proposed agreement, with Tehran insisting on its right to enrich uranium and maintain control over the Strait of Hormuz.

But Trump denied that the terms of the deal favored Iran.

BEIRUT, June 12 (Reuters) - Hezbollah is confident that Iran will insist on Lebanon being included in a deal with the United States, a leading Hezbollah politician said on Friday, as hopes grew for an agreement between Tehran and Washington.

Hezbollah, founded by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in 1982, entered the regional conflict in support of Tehran on March 2, opening fire at Israel and prompting an Israeli offensive that has killed thousands of people in Lebanon.

Iranian officials have repeatedly insisted on an end to fighting in Lebanon as part of any wider agreement.

The United States said it downed multiple Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz early Saturday, hours after both sides said a deal to end the Middle East war was closer than ever.

The interception came after weeks of halting talks between Tehran and Washington, mediated by Pakistan, that have been marked by threats and exchanges of fire despite a fragile truce agreed in April.