US President Donald Trump has asked for further edits to the framework agreement aimed at ending the US-Iran war, US media reported on Sunday, with the latest revisions focused on the language on the Strait of Hormuz and the removal of Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile.
CBS News, the BBC’s US news partner, said the changes were Trump’s third round of edits to the framework. The White House did not respond to a request for comment. Ada Derana, citing the BBC, reported the development on Monday morning.
The latest text — first reported by Axios on Saturday — sets out a 60-day cessation of violence, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a framework for nuclear negotiations. If diplomacy progresses, the deal would also unlock sanctions relief allowing Iran to access billions of dollars of frozen assets, CBS said. The framework came out of Trump’s Situation Room meeting on Friday with senior aides where he was making a “final determination” on the outline reached on Thursday; the meeting concluded without clarity on next steps, after which Trump asked for “several amendments.” Sunday’s reports indicate a further round of changes since.
Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of the Iranian parliament, said on Sunday that Tehran would not agree to any deal “unless Iranian rights were fully secured.” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state media that “until a clear conclusion is reached… everything that is being said now is speculation.” Iran’s Tasnim news agency said the back-and-forth on the text “remains ongoing, with both parties regularly proposing amendments,” and that the release of frozen assets was still a precondition for substantive nuclear talks. Pakistan continues to mediate the negotiations.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, travelling in Singapore over the weekend, warned that strikes could resume if the deal failed to meet Trump’s expectations: “Our stockpiles are more than suited for that, both there and around the globe because of how we balance exquisite and more plentiful munitions.” Trump told his daughter-in-law Lara Trump on Fox News that he was in “no hurry” and added: “The one guarantee that I have to have is that there will be no nuclear weapons. They’ve agreed to that, and it was very interesting.”
The ceasefire that came into effect on April 8 remains in force, but no formal agreement has been signed since. For Sri Lanka, which imports virtually all of its crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz and whose May fuel-import bill jumped to US$524 million, a prolonged negotiation cycle means freight-and-insurance premiums on West Asia routes stay elevated for longer.
Sources: Trump seeking edits to US-Iran deal, US media report — Ada Derana / BBC.
