White House aides pointed to Iran’s weakened control of the Strait of Hormuz and securing President Donald Trump‘s desired language on the shuttering of Iran’s nuclear weapons program as shifting factors Friday that indicate the latest possible peace deal will stick.Trump, one day after announcing the pending signature of a memorandum of understanding, bristled at “fake news” stemming from Iranian state media regarding the exact terms of the deal, which technically has not received final approval from either the president or Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.White House officials, including Vice President JD Vance, publicly echoed Trump’s comments, and senior administration officials additionally briefed reporters on the contents of the MOU later in the day.
Still, the White House faced a number of questions during the briefing about what specifically has changed on either the U.S. or Iranian side, considering the president has claimed to be close to a final agreement dozens of times since April.
One senior administration official mentioned two specific factors that were giving the U.S. side hope that Iran would stick to the terms of the agreement.
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