The US president said representatives should not rush into an Iran agreement and that both sides must take time to get it right. The US blockade on Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz will remain fully in effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed. Iran had not responded immediately, while Iranian-linked reporting said the US continued to obstruct parts of a potential deal, including demands to release frozen funds. A prior claim said Washington and Tehran had largely negotiated a memorandum of understanding to reopen the strait. Disagreements persist over nuclear ambitions, Israel’s war in Lebanon involving Hezbollah, and lifting sanctions and releasing tens of billions of dollars in frozen Iranian oil revenues. A senior administration official said no signature would occur and described negotiations including opening the strait in principle, lifting the naval blockade, and disposing of highly enriched uranium.
"The US blockade on Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz would "remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed", Mr Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Both sides must take their time and get it right.""
"A day earlier, Mr Trump said Washington and Iran had "largely negotiated" a memorandum of understanding on a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which before the conflict carried one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments. Mr Trump has repeatedly played up the prospect of an agreement to end the conflict that the US and Israel started on February 28. A tenuous ceasefire has been in place since early last month."
"The two sides remain at odds on several difficult issues, such as Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israel's war in Lebanon with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia and Tehran's demands for the lifting of sanctions and the release of tens of billions of dollars of Iranian oil revenues frozen in foreign banks. A senior Trump administration official told reporters an agreement would not be signed on Sunday, saying the Iranian system did not move fast enough."
"The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Iran had agreed "in principle" to open the Strait of Hormuz, in exchange for the US lifting its naval blockade, and to dispose of Tehran's highly enriched uranium. He said the US underst"
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