“The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have nothing to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing,” President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Friday.
He went further. Iranian leaders, he wrote, are “very dishonorable people to deal with,” and “with them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith.”
Trump also called Iran’s drone attack on ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday night “totally unacceptable” and told the leadership to “get their act together.”
What Washington says is in the deal
Reuters quoted a senior Trump administration official on the emerging terms. Iran’s nuclear program would be dismantled, and all nuclear materials destroyed and removed. Iran would also lose the ability to keep funding terrorist proxies in the region.
The official described the deal as “performance-based.” None of Tehran’s frozen assets would be released until Iran does its part.
What Tehran’s media says
A different version came from Mehr, an Iranian state media site, earlier on Friday. It claimed a full ceasefire would end fighting in Lebanon and begin with the unfreezing of 12 billion dollars for Iran. Mehr also said a draft was still waiting for approval from Iranian officials, and that the UN Security Council would approve the final agreement.
Mehr put the total of frozen funds at 24 billion dollars, half of which would go to Iran before further talks could start. By its account, the US would lift sanctions on Iranian oil and petrochemical products, stay out of Iran’s internal affairs and pull its forces back from areas near Iran.
On the nuclear question, Mehr said the deal sets only a 60-day negotiation period to reach a final agreement. Iran’s ballistic missile program and its support for groups such as Hezbollah would stay off the table, it reported.
Bloomberg reported separately that the US and Iran were edging closer to signing an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with Group of Seven leaders due to meet the following week, according to senior officials.
Strikes called off
On Thursday night Trump announced that he had canceled scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran after agreement on a deal. The memorandum of understanding, he wrote, had been approved “both in concept and great detail” by all parties, among them the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and several other Middle Eastern countries.
No signing date has been given. Trump said it could happen over the weekend in Europe, with Vice President JD Vance attending.
