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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T15:45:25.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nUS President Donald Trump said Friday he was making his final decision on a potential deal with Iran, as Tehran insisted any agreement on ending the Middle East war hinged on Washington dropping its \"excessive demands.\"\n\nUS sources told AFP the deal was waiting on Trump's sign-off following weeks of halting negotiations. Iran's top negotiator said Tehran would only trust Washington's actions, not its words.\n\n#### What deal did Trump propose to Iran?\n\nTrump said any agreement must include Iran's permanent renunciation of nuclear weapons and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. Under the proposed terms, Iran would remove mines from the strait, the US would lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports, and both sides would coordinate the removal and destruction of Iran's enriched uranium.\n\nTrump did not clarify whether these points had already been agreed or were still under negotiation.\n\n#### What has Iran said about Trump's deal demands?\n\nIran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, in a call with his Omani counterpart, said reaching a final agreement depended on ending what he described as the American side's \"excessive demands and shifting and contradictory positions.\"\n\nIran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Tehran's delegation at peace talks with the US in Pakistan last month, said Iran had gained leverage \"through missiles, not through talks.\" \"We place no trust in guarantees or words; only actions matter. No step will be taken before the other side acts first,\" he wrote on X.\n\nIran has not confirmed any commitments to a deal. Sources cited by Iranian media said any agreement unilaterally announced by Trump would not be recognised. Iran's Tasnim news agency reported Friday that the text had not been finalised and the wording of the potential memorandum of understanding had \"undergone some changes in recent days.\"\n\n#### Where do the Iran ceasefire talks stand now?\n\nUS Vice President JD Vance told reporters Thursday that \"a lot of progress\" had been made, boosting optimism around a possible agreement. Hopes of a deal lifted Asian stock markets on Friday, while oil prices receded slightly. Energy markets have swung sharply this week as investors assess the chances of an agreement that could resume normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran has blockaded since the war began.\n\nQatar's role in the talks has grown, with Trump calling its ruler Thursday to discuss the \"latest updates\" on efforts to end the war, according to Qatar's state news agency. Doha hosted Iranian officials this week as regional nations push for a resolution. Washington and Tehran have accused each other of violating the fragile ceasefire as recently as this week, with US strikes on the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas drawing retaliatory Iranian fire.\n\nIranian forces did not specify their target, but Kuwait, which hosts US troops, said its air defences responded to incoming Iranian missiles and drones. Iran had also fired at four ships attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz without authorisation, state broadcaster IRIB reported Thursday. Iranian state TV said Friday that 24 ships had transited the strait in the past 24 hours in coordination with the Revolutionary Guards, but warned that ships from \"hostile countries\" faced a severe military response.\n\n#### What is happening on the Lebanon front of the war?\n\nOn the Lebanon front, Israel struck a medieval castle overlooking the southern city of Nabatieh, Lebanon's culture minister told AFP on Friday, warning that other heritage sites were in \"serious danger.\" Israeli forces had used the castle, also known as Qalaat al-Chakif, as a base during their previous two-decade occupation of southern Lebanon that ended in 2000.\n\nA ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah was supposed to have taken effect on April 17 but has not been observed, with both sides accusing the other of violations and justifying their attacks accordingly.",
  "title": "Trump says making final decision on proposed Iran deal"
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