President Donald Trump said the Trump-Iran Deal remained unresolved in Washington, United States, on Wednesday, May 27, as he rejected any arrangement that would give Iran or Oman control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump told a White House cabinet meeting that Iran wanted an agreement, but said Washington was “not satisfied” with the terms under discussion, according to Reuters reporting carried by The Irish Times.
The U.S. president said the waterway, a key shipping route in the Persian Gulf region, would be “open to everybody” under any deal. He added that the U.S. would “watch over it,” but said, “nobody’s going to control it.”
Trump also accused Tehran, Iran, of trying to delay negotiations until the U.S. midterm elections, saying Iranian officials believed they could “out-wait” him. The Guardian reported that he said the approach would fail.
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Iranian state television said it had obtained an unofficial draft memorandum that would restore traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels within a month and lift a U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ships. The White House dismissed the report as a “complete fabrication.”
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the same cabinet meeting that negotiators had made “some progress,” but said Iran would not be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon.
Trump also warned Oman against helping Iran control the waterway, according to The Guardian. He said Oman would have to “behave just like everybody else,” while rejecting any short-term deal that placed the strait under Iranian or Omani control.
