{"id":212207,"date":"2026-05-31T06:47:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-official-says-trump-is-stalling-talks-with-excessive-demands-as-wait-for-breakthrough-continues-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T06:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:47:49","slug":"iran-official-says-trump-is-stalling-talks-with-excessive-demands-as-wait-for-breakthrough-continues-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/iran-official-says-trump-is-stalling-talks-with-excessive-demands-as-wait-for-breakthrough-continues-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran official says Trump is stalling talks with \u2018excessive demands\u2019 as wait for breakthrough continues – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump has yet to make a decision on a deal that could extend the current ceasefire with Iran, with no announcement on Friday following a Situation Room meeting where he said he would make a \u201cfinal determination<\/a>.\u201d
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Oil prices have dipped this week<\/a> amid persistent reports that Trump and Iran could be close to sealing an agreement that has eluded the two sides for over a month.
While U.S. and Arab officials have been indicating for days that the deal is close to being finalized, it still has yet to be approved by either side. Nearly a week ago, Secretary of State Marco Rubio had predicted there could be \u201cgood news\u201d within hours, only for Trump to say he wouldn\u2019t \u201crush into\u201d an agreement.<\/a>
Trump said Friday that Iran must agree to never have a nuclear weapon, that the Strait of Hormuz be reopened for \u201cunrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions,\u201d and that any mines in the waterway<\/a> are \u201cdestroyed.\u201d
He said he was meeting in the Situation Room \u201cto make a final determination\u201d about the deal, but that two-hour meeting wrapped without a further statement from the White House.
The agreement is expected to extend the current shaky ceasefire that has been in place since early April, though both sides have accused the other of breaching it with continued strikes.
U.S. officials said Friday that the White House was reviewing an agreement to start 60 days of discussions with Iran about its nuclear program, but neither side has signed off on the deal. Iran has painted a vastly different picture than the White House on the contents of the agreement and called U.S. demands \u201cexcessive.\u201d
\u201cAs anticipated, the President of America is betraying diplomacy for the third time,\u201d said Mohsen Rezaei, a senior official and former commander in chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as reported by Iran\u2019s semiofficial news agency Mehr News.
\u201cBy continuing the naval blockade and pursuing excessive demands in the negotiations, he has proven that he is not a person of negotiations and is pursuing other objectives,\u201d he said.
Iran war deal needs approval from Trump, Iranian leaders
A senior Arab official directly involved in mediating peace talks between Washington and Tehran told NBC News on Thursday that American and Iranian negotiators agreed to the terms of a truce deal days ago but that both sides have delayed finalizing and announcing it.
\u201cIt was already closed in Doha three days ago; now everyone is playing a game of chicken and egg,\u201d the official said, describing the delays as \u201cfrustrating.\u201d
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that Trump was \u201cpatient\u201d and wanted to make a \u201cgreat deal\u201d that ensures Iran doesn\u2019t get a nuclear weapon.
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue defense summit in Singapore, he said that \u201cany deal with Iran would be a good deal.\u201d
He later added that the U.S. would fulfill its \u201cglobal obligations to ensure that, say, Iran doesn\u2019t get a nuclear weapon,\u201d and that it was ready to restart attacks on Iran if \u200ca deal cannot be reached.
\u201cOur stockpiles are more \u200bthan suited for that, both there and around the globe, so we\u2019re in a very good place,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are more than capable.\u201d
Some changes have been made to the draft text of a possible deal between the U.S. and Iran in the past days, Iran\u2019s semiofficial news agency Tasnim reported Friday, citing an informed source. It said the text had yet to be finalized. NBC News was not able to independently confirm the reporting.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei also appeared to pour cold water on any signs of an imminent breakthrough.
\u201cA final understanding has not yet been reached,\u201d he said Friday in a phone call with state broadcaster IRINN. \u201cNuclear issues are not being discussed in detail at this stage and the focus is on ending the war.\u201d
While a breakthrough remains elusive, oil prices fell as hopes grew for a deal between the U.S. and Iran to end the war that has consumed the Middle East for the past three months.
Brent crude, the global benchmark, was trading 1.8% lower on Friday at around $92 a barrel, with the price falling almost 20% in May amid signs of a potential deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The war and subsequent closure of the strait, a key trade route through which some 20% of the world\u2019s oil passed before the blockade, have sent energy prices soaring over the last three months.
Freddie Clayton is a freelance journalist based in London.\u00a0
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