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President Donald Trump said Friday he would convene a White House Situation Room meeting to make a “final determination” on a potential agreement with Iran, even as Tehran and Iranian-aligned media disputed key parts of his account and accused him of trying to present a premature victory.
Trump said the agreement under discussion would require Iran to pledge that it would never develop a nuclear weapon, reopen the Strait of Hormuz to unrestricted traffic, remove remaining sea mines and allow the United States, in coordination with Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency, to remove and destroy Iran’s highly enriched uranium. “I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Iran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb.
The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions,” he added.
Trump also said the U.S. naval blockade on Iran would be lifted, while adding that no money would be exchanged “until further notice.” In another message to ships trapped by the crisis, he wrote: “Say HELLO to your wives, husbands, parents, and families from me, your favorite President!” A senior Iranian source told Reuters that a political understanding over the war had been reached but had not yet been finalized.
