{"id":15578,"date":"2026-06-02T01:04:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/trump-ponders-whether-to-move-forward-with-iran-deal-but-hasnt-yet-decided\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T01:04:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T19:34:24","slug":"trump-ponders-whether-to-move-forward-with-iran-deal-but-hasnt-yet-decided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/trump-ponders-whether-to-move-forward-with-iran-deal-but-hasnt-yet-decided\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump ponders whether to move forward with Iran deal but hasn&#8217;t yet decided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_AKz7lT9WLka?ui_title_intro=Listen+now%3A&amp;client=wp&amp;client_version=3.1.5\" width=\"100%\" height=\"136px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump held a White House Situation Room meeting with his advisers on Friday but has not yet made a decision on whether to move forward with a deal to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/iran\">extend the Iran ceasefire<\/a> and reopen the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/strait-of-hormuz\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>. Iran said the agreement has not been finalized.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the meeting, Trump said he was looking to make a \u201cfinal determination.\u201d A senior administration official later said the roughly two-hour meeting with national security aides had concluded without a decision.<\/p>\n<p>The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said Trump would only sign a deal that \u201csatisfies his redlines\u201d and curbs Iran\u2019s nuclear ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Trump confirmed the high-level talks the day after The Associated Press and other news outlets reported that U.S. and Iranian negotiators had come to terms on <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-united-states-deal-explainer-war-b1659232611edc10808612e30647c17d\">a tentative agreement<\/a>. The deal would extend the fragile ceasefire by 60 days as new talks are held on Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/video\/trump-says-he-opposes-russia-or-china-retrieving-irans-highly-enriched-uranium-stockpile-1226982e2ae349e39d93099d9febfd92\">disputed nuclear program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump wrote on social media that \u201cIran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb.\u201d He said the strait must be reopened for international navigation and all sea mines destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s main negotiator said Friday that it has \u201cno trust in guarantees or words,\u201d only actions, underscoring lingering distrust after the U.S. and Israel have twice attacked Iran over the past year while it was engaged in nuclear negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo step will be taken before the other side acts,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-mohammad-bagher-qalibaf-us-israel-war-a5fdb9d743c3325155da0bc91458077d\">Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf<\/a> wrote on X. \u201cWe do not gain concessions through talks, but through missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nuclear issues remain unresolved<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Later, but before Trump\u2019s meeting concluded, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told a state broadcaster that the agreement \u201chas not been finalized yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, U.S. Vice President JD Vance suggested negotiators were trying to strike general terms on Iran\u2019s nuclear program, with the specifics to be hammered out in the ensuing talks.<\/p>\n<p>Baghaei, however, said Friday that Iranian officials were \u201cfocused on the end of war and are not discussing the details of the nuclear plan at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran also wants any deal to include a truce between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, where <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-litani-river-3d9f77d0ab95fc8b00d417dea1680673\">fighting has intensified<\/a> despite a nominal ceasefire. And the Islamic Republic has been seeking the release of billions of dollars in frozen funds.<\/p>\n<p>Ebrahim Azizi, who heads the Iranian parliament\u2019s national security commission and is close to top leaders, posted on social media Friday that Iran \u201csets the terms: cash for cash, credit for credit, nothing for nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Republic has 440.9 kilograms (972 pounds) of uranium that is enriched up to 60% purity, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-nuclear-uranium-grossi-iaea-isfahan-trump-be1e70b842638e69efeb07417bf78d41\">the International Atomic Energy Agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is peaceful and has not publicly committed to giving up the stockpile. It\u2019s believed to be buried under three nuclear sites that were badly damaged by U.S. strikes last year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump returned Friday to his on-and-off demand for the removal of the cache as part of a deal. The material would be unearthed by the U.S., in coordination with Iran and the IAEA, \u201cand DESTROYED,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proposed memorandum makes clear that Iran would not be able to impose tolls on the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/strait-of-hormuz\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a> and that it would have to remove all mines from the vital waterway within 30 days, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. would gradually lift its <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-blockade-hormuz-april-13-2026-ed7a6cd4bc61dc47f317a2c82afcc1c9\">blockade on Iranian ports<\/a> and would also agree to relax sanctions, allowing Iran to sell more of its oil.<\/p>\n<p>Baghaei said Iran and Oman, which lie on opposite sides of the strait, would manage it and \u201cadopt mechanisms\u201d for transit through it, \u201cbased on their own national interests and the interests of the international community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two nations\u2019 foreign ministers discussed the issue by phone earlier Friday, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who wrote on X that he had expressed solidarity \u201cin the face of any threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump had warned Oman \u2014 a U.S. ally \u2014 not to enter into any agreement with Iran to share control of the strait or the U.S. will \u201chave to blow them up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran has effectively closed the strait since the U.S. and Israel launched a surprise attack on Feb. 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-dead-5b13b69b708c4ed38e8f95f5fb41a597\">that killed Iran\u2019s supreme leader<\/a> and other top officials. Before then, the waterway was open to international traffic, and around a fifth of the world\u2019s oil and gas passed through it.<\/p>\n<p>The closure of the strait has caused the price of fuel and other goods to soar, with the effects felt <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/middle-east-wars-energy-asia-gas-oil-45dcf2b9059930f298136720564d6ae6\">far beyond the Middle East<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has said it lets some commercial vessels pass \u2014 about two dozen daily in recent days, compared with <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-war-strait-hormuz-fuel-price-economy-numbers-408faf6d6fb1c0aa104d059257204f52\">more than 100 a day<\/a> before the war. But the Islamic Republic also has charged tolls for at least some ships and established a formal <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-war-may-7-2026-fdc6d2ae9396377919c967746fa9996b\">gatekeeper agency<\/a> earlier this month, spurring <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-war-trump-sanctions-strait-hormuz-13052dd9323747cbdd661d48759f27d6\">a new round of U.S. sanctions<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>The agency, called the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, condemned the sanctions Friday but deemed them a a sign of its own \u201cpositive performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the ceasefire began about seven weeks ago, the U.S. and Iran have traded strikes and accusations of ceasefire violations. But they have not returned to full-scale hostilities and have kept negotiating.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz and Farnoush Amiri in New York, and Matthew Lee in Washington, contributed.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n        <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2026\/06\/01\/trump-ponders-whether-to-move-forward-with-iran-deal-but-hasnt-yet-decided\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump held a White House Situation Room meeting with his advisers on Friday but has not yet made a decision on whether to move forward with a deal to extend the Iran ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said the agreement has not been finalized. 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