President Donald Trump spent roughly two hours Friday meeting with top advisers in the Situation Room to review a proposed agreement with Iran, but emerged without approving a final deal, according to a senior administration official cited by The New York Times.

The official, who spoke anonymously, said the administration believes a breakthrough is within reach but acknowledged that several key issues remain unresolved. Among the sticking points still under discussion is the question of releasing frozen Iranian assets.

Earlier in the day, Trump announced on Truth Social that he was heading into the Situation Room to make what he described as a final determination on a possible agreement with Tehran.

In the same post, the president laid out the conditions he believes must be included in any deal.

“Iran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb. The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions. All water mines (bombs), if any, will be terminated (we have removed, through detonation, numerous such mines with our great underwater mine sweepers.”

Trump went on to say that Iran would be responsible for clearing any remaining mines and indicated that the U.S. naval blockade in the region would come to an end.

“Iran will complete the immediate removal and/or detonation of any mines that are left, which will not be many!). Ships caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented Naval Blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of ‘heading home!’”

The president also described a plan under which the United States would participate in removing and destroying Iran’s remaining enriched uranium stockpile, which he referred to as “Nuclear Dust.”

“The enriched material, sometimes referred to as ‘Nuclear Dust,’ which is buried deep underground with virtually collapsed mountains, caused by our powerful B2 Bomber attack 11 months ago, sitting on top of it, will be unearthed by the United States (which, it is agreed, is the only Country, along with China, with the mechanical capability of doing so!), in close coordination and conjunction with the Islamic Republic of Iran, plus the International Atomic Energy Agency, and DESTROYED. No money will be exchanged, until further notice. Other items, of far less importance, have been agreed to.”

Iranian officials quickly disputed portions of Trump’s description of the negotiations. Iran’s Fars news agency, citing what it described as informed sources, characterized the president’s remarks as a “mixture of truth and lies.”

The sources specifically challenged Trump’s assertion that Iran had agreed to guarantee toll-free passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

“Trump claimed that Iran was obligated to open the Strait of Hormuz without tolls, even though no such clause appears in the text of the agreement,” the sources told Fars.

The Iranian outlet also rejected Trump’s claim that Washington and Tehran had agreed to cooperate in eliminating Iran’s enriched uranium reserves.

Responding to Trump’s assertion that the US and Iran would coordinate on destroying Iran’s enriched uranium, the agency said, “Well-informed sources emphasized that not only does this not appear in the memorandum of understanding, but this claim is fundamentally baseless.”

Despite the disagreements, both sides continue to signal that negotiations remain active. While administration officials maintain that a deal is close, Friday’s meeting underscored that significant differences still separate Washington and Tehran as talks continue over the final shape of a potential agreement.

{Matzav.com}