{"id":211588,"date":"2026-05-24T16:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-claims-peace-deal-with-iran-largely-negotiated-with-strait-of-hormuz-to-open-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T16:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T16:18:45","slug":"trump-claims-peace-deal-with-iran-largely-negotiated-with-strait-of-hormuz-to-open-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-claims-peace-deal-with-iran-largely-negotiated-with-strait-of-hormuz-to-open-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims peace deal with Iran \u2018largely negotiated\u2019 with strait of Hormuz to open – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

President\u2019s claim is tempered by Pakistani PM\u2019s hopes of hosting more talks \u2018very soon\u2019, and Iran\u2019s Fars news agency saying strait of Hormuz will remain under Iranian control
Middle East crisis: live updates<\/a>
Donald Trump<\/a> claimed on Saturday that a peace deal with Iran \u201chas been largely negotiated\u201d, after calls with a Pakistani mediator, Gulf allies and Israel, potentially paving the way for an end to the war launched by the US and Israel in February.
Trump wrote on his social media platform<\/a> that \u201cfinal aspects and details\u201d of a \u201cmemorandum of understanding\u201d were still being discussed and \u201cwill be announced shortly\u201d, but said the strait of Hormuz would be opened as part of the deal.
\u201cAn agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran<\/a>, and the various other Countries,\u201d Trump posted.
However, Iran\u2019s Fars news agency, which is close to the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that the strait of Hormuz would remain under Iranian control, a red line for the US. The news agency reported on Telegram<\/a> that \u201cthe management of the Strait, determining the route, time, method of passage, and issuing permits will continue to be the monopoly and discretion of the Islamic Republic of Iran\u201d.
It said Trump\u2019s assertion that an agreement was nearly final was \u201cinconsistent with reality\u201d.
Pakistan\u2019s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, later congratulated Trump on his peace efforts and said Pakistan hoped to host another round of talks between the US and Iran \u201cvery soon\u201d.
Sharif described the US president\u2019s call with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, the UAE, Jordan and Pakistan as \u201cvery useful and productive\u201d, adding: \u201cPakistan will continue its peace efforts with utmost sincerity and we hope to host the next round of talks very soon.\u201d
Pakistan\u2019s army chief, Syed Asim Munir, is a key figure in the negotiations and has held meetings in Tehran recently with figures such as Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Trump\u2019s announcement came after a Pakistani source told Reuters that Iran and Pakistan had submitted a revised proposal to the United States to end the war and reopen the strait of Hormuz.
Details purported to be in the draft agreement include that the strait would reopen with no tolls during a 60-day ceasefire extension, while Iran would be able to freely sell oil and negotiations would be held on curbing its nuclear program, according to Axios. In exchange, the US would lift its blockade on Iranian ports, it reported, citing a US official.
The report tallies with the Associated Press, which cited a regional source as saying the potential deal would include an official declaration of the war\u2019s end, with two-month negotiations on Iran\u2019s nuclear program, the opening of the crucial shipping lane by Iran and an end to the US blockade of Iranian ports.
Three senior Iranian officials told the New York Times<\/a> the agreement would stop the fighting in Iran and in Lebanon, and could release $25bn in Iranian assets frozen overseas, with a nuclear agreement to be negotiated within 30 to 60 days.
There had been hints before the announcement that indirect talks between the US and Iran had progressed in the past few days. Marco Rubio<\/a>, the US secretary of state, said during a visit to India that \u201cnews\u201d might arrive \u201clater today\u201d, even as Trump continued to threaten striking Iran.
In his post, Trump said that he had had phone discussions with many Middle Eastern leaders, including those of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, as well as Pakistan\u2019s army chief Munir, and Turkey\u2019s president, Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan. \u201cSeparately, I had a call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, which, likewise, went very well,\u201d Trump said.
Details of the exact <\/strong>negotiations remain sparse. Trump on Saturday said he\u2019d met with American negotiators, including special envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner, along with JD Vance, to discuss the latest round of proposals.
The lead-up to the announcement remained tense, with Trump continuing to threaten strikes. Trump had told CBS and Axios he would only sign a deal \u201cwhere we get everything we want\u201d, adding that if a deal was not reached, the US would begin striking Iran again.
News of the potential deal triggered dismay among Republican hawks who had spent years calling for US military action against Iran, and deriding the 2015 deal to limit Iran\u2019s nuclear enrichment in return for sanctions relief negotiated during the Obama administration. Trump withdrew from that international deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in 2018.
Mike Pompeo, who served as CIA director and secretary of state during Trump\u2019s first term, denounced the rumored terms of the deal as too close to what Barack Obama\u2019s negotiators had achieved and a boon to Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
\u201cThe deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy Sherman-Robert Malley-Ben Rhodes playbook: Pay the IRGC to build a WMD program and terrorize the world,\u201d Pompeo wrote on social media<\/a>, referring to Obama\u2019s negotiators. The alternative, Pompeo added, is \u201cstraightforward: Open the damned strait. Deny Iran access to money. Take out enough Iranian capability so it cannot threaten our allies in the region.\u201d
Malley responded<\/a>: \u201cNot quite the path Wendy, Ben or I would have taken. But if this deal brings an end to an unlawful, unjustifiable war, to the senseless loss of life and destruction, and to the cascading global economic fallout, I am quite sure we\u2019d willingly accept it over the alternative.\u201d
The White House director of communications, Steven Cheung, was somewhat less diplomatic in his response to the former secretary of state. \u201cMike Pompeo has no idea what the fuck he\u2019s talking about,\u201d Cheung wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cHe should shut his stupid mouth and leave the real work to the professionals. He\u2019s not read into anything that\u2019s happening, so how would he know.\u201d
After Republican senator Roger Wicker wrote the \u201crumored 60-day ceasefire \u2013 with the belief that Iran will ever engage in good faith \u2013 would be a disaster. Everything accomplished by Operation Epic Fury would be for naught!\u201d, , Rhodes replied<\/a>: \u201cNothing was accomplished by Operation Epic Fury except putting the IRGC in charge of Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d<\/p>\n

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