Iran dismissed Trump's announcement of reopening the strait as part of a"largely negotiated" deal as"incomplete and inconsistent with reality". The US President made the announcement after separate calls with the leaders of Muslim-majority nations and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Iran dismissed Trump 's announcement of reopening the strait as part of a"largely negotiated" deal as"incomplete and inconsistent with reality". US President Donald Trump leaves Marine One to board Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, as he departs Morristown Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, US, May 22, 2026.
Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a memorandum of understanding on a peace deal has been"largely negotiated" with Iran and will open the Strait of Hormuz, with "Final aspects and details of the Deal are currently being discussed, and will be announced shortly," Trump wrote on Trump Social.
Trump posted the announcement after separate calls with the leaders of Muslim-majority nations and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Earlier on Saturday, Iran, the United States and mediator Pakistan all said progress had been made on talks to end almost three months of war. Strait of Hormuz would remain under Iran's management according to the latest exchanged text between Iran and the US, Iran's Fars news agency reported on Sunday.
Tehran is focused on finalising a memorandum of understanding, Iran's foreign ministry said after Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi met Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief. Munir also met President Masoud Pezeshkian before leaving Tehran, Iranian state media reported.
The Pakistani army said negotiations over the previous 24 hours had resulted in"encouraging" progress towards a final understanding Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei added,"The trend this week has been towards a reduction in disputes, but there are still issues that need to be discussed through mediators. We will have to wait and see where the situation ends in the next three or four days.
" Pakistan's mediation push aims to narrow differences between Iran and the US after weeks of war that have left the vital waterway of the Strait of Hormuz closed to most shipping despite a nervous ceasefire, upending global energy markets. The talks reportedly centred on a 14-point document proposed by Iran, which it considers the main framework for the discussions, and messages exchanged between the two sides.
Baghaei said the issue of the US blockade on Iran's shipping was important, but that its priority was ending the threat of new US attacks and the ongoing conflict in Lebanon, where Iran-allied Hezbollah militants are fighting Israeli troops who have moved into the south. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeated Trump's demands:"Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. The straits need to be open without tolls. They need to turn over their enriched uranium.
" Qalibaf said Iran would pursue its"legitimate rights", both on the battlefield and through diplomacy, but added that it could not trust"a party that has no honesty at all", an allegation Iran has made several times before. He said Iran's armed forces had rebuilt their capabilities during the ceasefire and that, if the United States"foolishly restarts the war", the consequences would be"more forceful and bitter" than at the start of the conflict.
US President Donald Trump, whose ratings have been hit by the war's impact on energy prices for US consumers, said on Friday he would not attend his son's wedding this weekend, citing Iran among the reasons he planned to stay in Washington. Despite weeks of conflict, Iran has preserved its stockpile of near-weapons-grade enriched uranium as well as missile, drone and proxy capabilities that the United States and Israel say they aim to curb.
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