Donald Trump Says U.S. Blockade of Strait of Hormuz Stays Until Iran Deal Signed

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that an Iran peace deal was “largely negotiated” after a call with regional leaders, and he wrote on Truth Social that final aspects and details are “currently being discussed” with finalization between the U.S., the Islamic Republic of Iran and other countries in the region.

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Trump also said the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz would remain in effect until an agreement is “reached, certified and signed,” while Reuters reported Iranian President Pezeshkian said Iran is ready to “reassure the world that we are not seeking nuclear weapons.”

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Iran’s position on Hormuz was echoed by Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who said managing the Strait of Hormuz was Tehran’s “legal right.”

In parallel, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said a potential deal would restore the number of ships able to transit the Strait of Hormuz to the pre-war level within 30 days, and it said the naval blockade must be completely lifted within 30 days according to a memorandum of understanding.

While Trump said on Truth Social that “the Strait of Hormuz will be opened,” Tasnim and Fars pushed back, with Tasnim reporting that “The situation of the Strait of Hormuz will not return to before the war.”

The dispute over what changes in Hormuz transit would actually mean also appeared in Tasnim’s account that the deal would allow the number of ships passing through the strait to return to pre-war volumes within 30 days while Iran would retain management, including “control over routes, timing, manner of passage, and the issuance of permits.”

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On the nuclear track, a senior Iranian source told Reuters that “The nuclear issue will be addressed in negotiations for a final agreement and are therefore not part of the current deal,” and the source said “There has been no agreement over Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpile to be shipped out of the country.”

In response to Trump’s framing of a broader bargain, the New York Times reported that a key element of the proposed agreement is an apparent commitment by Tehran to give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, a claim Tehran has not confirmed, according to the CGTN report.

The potential memorandum of understanding described by Tasnim includes a 30-day period for procedures related to the Strait of Hormuz and a 60-day period for nuclear talks, and it says the naval blockade must be completely lifted within 30 days while part of Iran’s frozen funds must be released in the first phase.

Tasnim also said the potential MoU includes an end of the war on all fronts, with Washington waiving sanctions on Iran oil during negotiations, while Iran’s semi-official reporting said Iran has not yet accepted any actions on its nuclear programme.

In Israel’s view of the deal’s requirements, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on X that “any final agreement with Iran must eliminate the nuclear danger,” adding that it “means dismantling Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites and removing its enriched nuclear material from its territory.”

Trump, meanwhile, wrote that he had advised his representatives to not rush the process and that “time is on our side,” while Axios reported that the U.S. could be heading towards a potential 60-day ceasefire that would include reopening the Strait of Hormuz, lifting the naval blockade and easing some sanctions.