{"id":48641,"date":"2026-05-30T09:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=48641"},"modified":"2026-05-30T09:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:12:03","slug":"trump-says-he-will-soon-decide-on-iran-deal-demands-reopening-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/trump-says-he-will-soon-decide-on-iran-deal-demands-reopening-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he will soon decide on Iran deal, demands reopening of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reuters :\u00a0 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he \u200bwould soon decide on a proposed deal to extend the ceasefire with Iran, though the two countries still appeared to differ on significant issues \u200cthat have been central to the conflict.<\/p>\n

Trump said on Friday morning that he would meet in a secure White House room to make a “final determination” on the proposal, which would extend an early-April truce for another 60 days, giving negotiators time to forge a permanent end to the war.<\/p>\n

A White House official said the meeting in the Situation Room lasted about two hours, but \u200bdid not address whether Trump had made a decision.<\/p>\n

“President Trump will only make a deal that is good for America and satisfies his redlines. Iran \u200bcan never possess a nuclear weapon,” the official said.<\/p>\n

A senior Iranian source told Reuters an agreement was close but had \u2060not yet been approved.
\nHowever, Trump also said Iran would have to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz and dismantle its capacity to make a nuclear weapon – \u200btwo conditions that Tehran has not agreed to.<\/p>\n

“Iran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb. The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no \u200btolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions,” Trump said, adding that nuclear material would be “unearthed” by the U.S.<\/p>\n

Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, citing sources, said Trump’s comments were an “attempt to portray a fabricated victory.”<\/p>\n

The senior Iranian source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the potential deal does not include any nuclear-related issues, while Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on state \u200bTV that the management of the strait must be decided by Iran and Oman.<\/p>\n

Fars said the strait would be reopened under Tehran’s conditions after the U.S. lifts \u200bits blockade on Iranian ships.<\/p>\n

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. blockade would be removed slowly if it happens.
\nFars said there was agreement to release $12 billion of Iran’s frozen assets.<\/p>\n

Trump \u200csaid no \u2060money would be exchanged “until further notice” – a possible reference to Iran’s demands for toll payments in the strait, war damage reparations or a release of frozen Iranian assets.<\/p>\n

Trump is under pressure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and get U.S. gasoline prices down ahead of the November congressional elections, as voters show increasing frustration over rising prices. At the same time, he faces a potential backlash from Iran hawks in \u200bhis own party over any concessions \u200bto Tehran.
\nThe war launched by the \u2060U.S. and Israel on February 28 has killed thousands of people, mainly in Iran and Lebanon, and caused global economic pain by pushing up energy prices due to Iran’s effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

In his post on Truth Social, Trump \u200bsaid mines would be removed from the strait and ships trapped there may start to go home: “Say HELLO to your \u200bwives, husbands, parents, and \u2060families from me, your favorite President!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reuters :\u00a0 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he \u200bwould soon decide on a proposed deal to extend the ceasefire with Iran, though the two countries still appeared to differ on significant issues \u200cthat have been central to the conflict. Trump said on Friday morning that he would meet in a secure White House […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48642,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48641\/revisions\/48642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}