ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAMMAY 31, 2026 08:52US President Donald Trump asked for several amendments to the US-Iran peace deal draft during a Situation Room meeting on Friday, Axios reported on Sunday, citing a senior administration official and a second source briefed on the issue.While Trump wants the proposed Memorandum of Understanding signed as soon as possible, two US officials told Axios that there are several points in the deal he wants to strengthen before it is signed, particularly regarding Iran’s enriched uranium."It's more specifics about how the US gets the material and the timing," a senior administration official said, according to Axios. "There will be a deal. The imminence of it, we'll see. We're willing to wait so the president gets what he asks for.”“It could be a week. It could be less. It could be more. At the turn of the week, we hope to have something,” the official added.A second source added that Trump is looking to amend some of the wording around the agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.An Iranian flag flutters in the wind as ships remain anchored in the Strait of Hormuz on May 16. Negotiations between the US and Iran over opening this critical waterway have largely stalled. (credit: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)However, the official further noted that Trump was told it would take several days for him to receive the Iranian response, as “They're literally in caves and they're not using email.”The New York Times reported on Saturday that Trump has also been "concerned about parts of the potential deal that would include unfreezing funds for the Iranians."MoU waiting on Trump, Khamenei's approvalAxios reported on Thursday that the proposed MoU would last 60 days and kick-start negotiations toward a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear program.It was additionally reported that while there may be an understanding among Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, US envoy Steve Witkoff and his team, Trump and Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei have yet to give their approval.A source close to the negotiating team reportedly told Iran's semi-official news outlet Tasnim on Thursday that if the text for any agreement is finalized, it will be shared with Pakistani mediators and then announced.Amichai Stein and Goldie Katz contributed to this report.Follow us on Google