President\u2019s claim is tempered by Pakistani PM\u2019s hopes of hosting more talks \u2018very soon\u2019, and Iran\u2019s Fars news agency saying strait of Hormuz will remain under Iranian control<\/p>\n
Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that a peace deal with Iran \u201chas been largely negotiated\u201d, after calls with a Pakistani mediator, Gulf allies and Israel, potentially paving the way for an end to the war launched by the US and Israel in February.<\/p>\n
Trump wrote on his social media platform<\/a> that \u201cfinal aspects and details\u201d of a \u201cmemorandum of understanding\u201d were still being discussed and \u201cwill be announced shortly\u201d, but said the strait of Hormuz would be opened as part of the deal.<\/p>\n \u201cAn agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran<\/a>, and the various other Countries,\u201d Trump posted.<\/p>\n However, Iran\u2019s Fars news agency, which is close to the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that the strait of Hormuz would remain under Iranian control, a red line for the US. The news agency reported on Telegram<\/a> that \u201cthe management of the Strait, determining the route, time, method of passage, and issuing permits will continue to be the monopoly and discretion of the Islamic Republic of Iran\u201d.<\/p>\n Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n Trump\u2019s optimism over a proposed agreement with Iran is meaningless without Israel\u2019s participation and they appear to think that they were sidelined in the negotiations.<\/p>\n Is President Trump about to abandon Israel?<\/p>\n The Zionist state would be unable to take on Iran without extensive US military support and assistance.<\/p>\n The conflict commenced on Feb 28 with air strikes on Tehran. While the U.S. and Iran were negotiating a peace accord<\/a>.\u00a0Leading to speculation that the Israelis initiated the first strikes, which killed senior Iranian leaders including the Ayatollah Khamenei, forcing the U.S. to then follow through.<\/p>\n However, it now appears that President Trump wants to get out of the conflict with Iran. Does this mean that he is about to leave Israel to face Iran alone?<\/p>\n We think not as the Zionist lobby has too much of a hold on Trump, possibly through his dealings with Epstein that could be used to blackmail the president.<\/p>\n Making whatever deal is agreed highly fragile. Ed.<\/p>\n Top Israeli security establishment officials believe the Iranian leadership is misleading the U.S. negotiating team, Israeli sources told Haaretz. Israeli officials are concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump will pursue a limited interim agreement with Iran that would allow the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting some sanctions on Iran, while postponing the issue of Iran’s nuclear program to a later stage.<\/p>\n If such an agreement is reached, Israel is concerned that the United States will struggle to press the nuclear issue later on, and that fighting would be hard to resume under an incomplete deal.<\/p>\n Two Israeli security sources told The New York Times<\/a> that the Trump administration had completely sidelined Israel from the negotiations with Iran.<\/p>\n According to the sources, Israel was not involved at all in the talks preceding the cease-fire between the countries: Israel was left in the dark and learned about developments in the negotiations between Washington and Tehran through diplomatic channels with regional leaders and through intelligence from within the Iranian regime.<\/p>\n Israel’s exclusion from the negotiations may suggest that the United States is no longer insisting that the issue of ballistic missiles be included in the agreement, according to The Times.<\/p>\n Netanyahu had previously insisted that the goal of military campaigns in Iran was to “remove” the existential threats of an Iranian nuclear weapon, including its ballistic missile arsenal.<\/p>\n Senior officials believe that Trump would prefer to advance a diplomatic agreement with Iran rather than resume fighting.<\/p>\n These sources believe that the chances that Washington and Tehran will reach an agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program are low. At the core of the dispute is Washington’s push to remove Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile from the hands of the Islamic regime, the establishment of a monitoring mechanism that will prevent future enrichment, and the formulation of an arrangement that will curb its armament with ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n According to one source, military and political officials are interested in returning to fighting, rather than a cease-fire, in an effort to exert military pressure on Iran in order to yield to concessions. Jerusalem expects Trump and U.S. negotiators to stand by their statements and not back down from a “meaningful solution” that would ensure Iran will not be capable of building nuclear weapons in the short term.<\/p>\nComment \u2013 May 24, 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Israel Believes Iran Is Misleading U.S., Nuclear Agreement Unlikely, Sources Say<\/strong><\/h1>\n
Jonathan Lis \u2013 Haaretz May 23, 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n