Trump emerged from the White House situation room after spending more than two hours with senior aides but did not immediately announce his decision. The New York Times, citing a senior administration official, reported that Trump had not made a decision on the peace deal.<\/p>\n
Describing the terms of the purported deal on his Truth Social platform, the US president said Iran<\/a> \u201cmust agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb\u201d, open the strait of Hormuz for all traffic without tolls, eliminate mines in the waterway and allow the US to unearth and destroy highly enriched uranium from a secure nuclear site in Iran. He also said the deal would preclude the transfer of frozen assets to Iran.<\/p>\n Trump also said he would lift the US naval blockade against Iran, although it was not immediately clear whether that would be subject to the agreement being confirmed.<\/p>\n \u201cI will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n The virtual wishlist of US demands in the negotiations was presented as a completed deal and would indicate that Iran had capitulated on key positions, including its right to exact tolls from ships traversing the strait of Hormuz, the release of the frozen assets and an insistence on the country\u2019s right to maintain its nuclear programme.<\/p>\n But Iranian officials signaled defiance after Trump\u2019s announcement, and those close to the government denied that a deal has been reached. The semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Friday that no final understanding had been reached between Iran and the US and that Trump\u2019s post was \u201cin line with his usual pattern of making unilateral and egotistical statements\u201d.<\/p>\n The foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei told state media: \u201cRegarding the understanding, as I said while speaking to you, exchanges of messages are continuing, but no final agreement has been reached yet.\u201d<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said he and his Omani counterpart had discussed the \u201cfuture administration [of the strait of Hormuz] in line with our sovereign responsibilities and international law\u201d, indicating Iran was not likely to open the waterway under the same system it had been using before the war.<\/p>\n A White House official told AFP on condition of anonymity: \u201cThe Situation Room meeting has concluded and lasted approximately two hours. President Trump will only make a deal that is good for America and satisfies his red lines.<\/p>\n \u201cIran can never possess a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n A meeting in Washington between the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, and Pakistan\u2019s foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, ended without any public comment on the negotiations, of which Pakistan is a key mediator.<\/p>\n Tasnim reported that there had been no discussion about the nuclear issue, and that Trump\u2019s reports of lifting the US\u2019s own blockade in the strait of Hormuz should be met with \u201cscepticism\u201d.<\/p>\n Iran\u2019s Fars news agency said Trump had published a \u201cmixture of truth and lies\u201d about the terms of an agreement, which did not include provisions for the opening of the strait of Hormuz without fees, or the destruction of Iran\u2019s nuclear material.<\/p>\n On Friday, Iran\u2019s top negotiator, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, wrote that Iran had \u201cno trust in guarantees or words \u2013 only actions are the measure\u201d.<\/p>\n Ghalibaf also sent out a defiant message that Iran was ready for another round of fighting if talks to extend the ceasefire and end the war failed.<\/p>\n \u201cWe seize concessions not through dialogue, but with missiles; in negotiations, we merely make them understand,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe winner of any agreement is the one who is better prepared for war from the day after.\u201d<\/p>\n The US vice-president, JD Vance, hinted on Thursday night that an agreement was close, but Trump was reported to need more time to decide whether to back a negotiated agreement that would defer many of the difficult issues, including the fate of Iran\u2019s remaining stockpile of nuclear materials, into subsequent negotiations.<\/p>\n Senior Iranian officials repeated there was no plan to allow the export of its uranium, but observers have suggested that does not rule out downblended uranium that is further from weapons grade.<\/p>\n Trump may need time not just to reflect, but to persuade a reluctant Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the need for a ceasefire in Lebanon as part of the agreement.<\/p>\n The Israeli prime minister has been using the past few days to step up attacks on Hezbollah positions throughout Lebanon<\/a>, including in the capital, Beirut.<\/p>\n Netanyahu did not immediately comment on the Iran deal, saying: \u201cOur forces have crossed the Litani and advanced into strategic areas. We are operating in Beirut, in the Bekaa valley, and across the entire front, and we are directly targeting Hezbollah.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Can](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5236.jpg\")
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