US president Donald Trump has said he is meeting with aides to make a “final determination” on moving forward with a deal to extend the Iran ceasefire.
In a lengthy post on Truth Social, he listed US demands for the agreement, including the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz without tolls, the removal of mines from the water, and a promise from Iran to never have a nuclear weapon or bomb.
In return, Trump said the US would lift its naval blockade and unearth and destroy “Nuclear dust” caused by a B2 Bomber attack last year, “in close coordination and conjunction with the Islamic Republic of Iran, plus the International Atomic Energy Agency”.
The president also said no money will be exchanged between the nations, and some items of “far less importance” had already been agreed.
“I will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination,” Trump wrote at the end of the post.
The president’s words come as Washington and Tehran reached a tentative agreement on Thursday to extend a ceasefire between the two nations by 60 days.
A US official with knowledge of the talks said the nations plan to launch talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme during the time period.
‘We’re not there yet’: JD Vance said on Friday there was more work to be done on the deal with Iran
Iran’s main negotiator said on Friday that it has “no trust in guarantees or words,” only actions, underscoring lingering distrust after the US and Israel have twice attacked Iran over the past year while it was engaged in nuclear negotiations.
“No step will be taken before the other side acts,” Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who attended talks in Qatar this week, wrote on X. “We do not gain concessions through talks, but through missiles.”
Iran also wants any deal to include a truce between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, where fighting has intensified despite a nominal ceasefire.
Earlier on Friday, US Vice President JD Vance there was still work to be done to secure a longer-term peace deal – particularly on the question of Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
“There are certain details that are going to have to be figured out, that are going to take a little bit of time to figure out,” Vance told reporters before catching a helicopter at Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland.
Vance reiterated that the US military had “decimated” Iran’s military and claimed they were in a position “where we could substantially set back their nuclear programme, not just during the term of this president but over the long term”.
“That’s a very, very good thing for the American people,” he added. “So, we’re not there yet, but we’re very close and we’re going to keep on working at it.”
A source close to Iran’s negotiating team has denied Western media reports claiming that the text of a proposed deal had been finalised, according to semi-official Tasnim news agency.
The source said reports suggesting the text was merely awaiting formal announcement by the two sides were “not consistent with the facts”, adding that the document “has not yet been finalised”.
According to the source, Iran has not formally informed Pakistani mediators that the text has been completed.
The latest developments came as the fragile seven-week ceasefire between the US and Iran appeared to be wavering, with both sides repeatedly accusing each other of violating it in the last few days.
Earlier on Thursday, US Central Command said Kuwait had intercepted missiles from Iran on Wednesday night, with military officials calling the incident an “egregious ceasefire violation”.
Iran said it had fired on a US base in a Gulf state it did not name in retaliation for strikes earlier in the week, making it unclear if the missiles were intended to hit Kuwait.
The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry condemned Iran for what it called “blatant aggression”.
American forces had shot down four one-way attack drones around the Strait of Hormuz and hit a ground-control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth, US officials said on Wednesday evening.
On Monday, the US also conducted what the Pentagon called “self-defence” strikes on missile launch sites and minelaying boats in southern Iran.
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