Republicans acknowledged that the initial deal, by remaining under wraps, has created a vacuum that is being filled by potential misinformation.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tBy signing up, you agree to the terms<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t know what\u2019s true and what\u2019s not true \u2014 is it in there?\u201d said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican of West Virginia. \u201cMy speculation is that it\u2019s probably still being written and fine-tuned, and the administration is not ready to release it until it\u2019s all done.\u201d<\/p>\n \t Asked why he was not releasing the terms of the initial agreement, Trump told reporters<\/a> Tuesday at the Group of Seven summit in France that he would \u201clike to get a formal setting first before we do that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll not only release it,\u201d he went on to say, \u201cI\u2019ll probably have a press conference and read it to you word by word, so that the press covers it accurately.\u201d<\/p>\n Comparison with Obama accord<\/p>\n Trump said he was open to submitting an eventual agreement to Congress for review and approval.<\/p>\n \u201cI like the idea, send it to Congress please,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI mean who wouldn\u2019t approve it?\u201d<\/p>\n Submitting a nuclear agreement with Iran to Congress is mandatory under a law that was passed following the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement reached by then-president Barack Obama, which Trump pulled out of during his first administration. Some congressional aides argue that even the presumed memorandum of understanding to be signed Friday would also be subject to lawmakers\u2019 review.<\/p>\n The talking points claim that the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, was never signed, which is partly true but misleading. The foreign ministers who negotiated the agreement did sign a copy of the deal, although it was viewed as an informal document meant to memorialize the occasion.<\/p>\n More importantly, the JCPOA was endorsed and approved by the UN Security Council, which enshrined its provisions into international law.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump solved a threat Washington spent 40 years managing,\u201d according to the talking points. \u201cIran will never have a nuclear weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n Copies of the talking points were provided to the AP by a congressional aide and an outside government adviser.<\/p>\n \t Iran\u2019s stated position dating back decades is that it has no desire to develop a nuclear weapon. Many Iran critics doubt that pledge because the country has 440.9 kilograms (972 pounds) of uranium that is enriched up to 60 percent purity, a short technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.<\/p>\n Uranium enriched to 60% has no peaceful civilian use, and Iran has vowed to wipe out Israel.<\/p>\n Reopening the Strait of Hormuz<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the talking points say that \u201cthe Strait of Hormuz is open again, and energy prices American families pay every day are coming down.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAmerican Families Are the Big Winners,\u201d the document says. \u201cStart with what this means at home. American families no longer have to fear a nuclear-armed Iran. They are going to feel relief at the pump and at the grocery store.\u201d<\/p>\n The Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world\u2019s oil passed before the war began, had been open to all maritime traffic until February 28, when Trump and Israel began attacking Iran in a bid to destabilize the regime and destroy its nuclear and ballistic missile capacities. That means that an agreement to reopen the strait would start to return the situation to where it was on February 27 before the US and Israel spent billions of dollars to go to war. It could take weeks or even months for some normalcy to return.<\/p>\n Consumer prices in the United States and elsewhere spiked only after the war began and shipments of oil and other commodities through the strait were interrupted by Iran, which insists it will retain control of access to the crucial waterway no matter what.<\/p>\n Sanctions relief for Iran<\/p>\n The talking points say Iran will not receive any American taxpayer money for its eventual agreement with and adherence to an as-yet unnegotiated nuclear agreement, and will only get financial incentives if it meets certain benchmarks.<\/p>\n They suggest that Obama\u2019s 2015 nuclear accord cost US taxpayers billions of dollars, when the monetary sanctions relief provided to Iran then actually came from frozen Iranian assets and not the US treasury.<\/p>\n \t The talking points mention \u201cthe pallets of cash\u201d the US sent to Iran after the JCPOA was signed. In fact, the shipment of cash, which came from an Iranian payment for a canceled arms sale to the late shah of Iran\u2019s government, were unrelated to the nuclear deal.<\/p>\n That money was part of a swap that saw the release of several American citizens detained in Iran and of several Iranians imprisoned in the US.<\/p>\n Israel-Hezbollah fighting in Lebanon<\/p>\n The talking points trumpet Trump\u2019s claim that the agreement will end the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon.<\/p>\n \u201cThis signed agreement ends military operations on every front,\u201d they say. \u201cFor the first time, that explicitly includes Lebanon, with a commitment to both Israel and Lebanon\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n However, Hezbollah is not party to talks that have been taking place in the US between Israel and Lebanon, and the Iranian-backed terror group has rejected any agreements reached during them. Israeli officials also have said they will not be bound<\/a> by the terms of the tentative Iran-US agreement and do not know the details of it.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26166502087551-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tSen. Shelley Moore Capito, Republican-West Virginia, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, in Washington, January 13, 2026. (Rod Lamkey, Jr.\/AP)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AFP__20260518__B3732WF__v2__HighRes__OmanIranUsIsraelWarHormuz-640x400.jpg\")
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\n\t\tVessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman\u2019s northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026. (AFP)<\/p>\n