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Kate Sullivan<\/p>\n

(Bloomberg) \u2014 The US and Iran are closing in on a deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, senior US officials said Sunday, even as President Donald Trump said he won\u2019t \u201crush\u201d into an agreement.<\/p>\n

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The US officials told reporters that nothing is ready to be signed Sunday as the two sides negotiate on the precise language on key issues and that it may take several days for both sides to get final approval.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s semi-official Tasnim news agency said Sunday that the draft deal could still collapse because the US is obstructing some key clauses, including Tehran\u2019s demand that its assets be unfrozen.<\/p>\n

Urged on by several Arab leaders, the US and Iran have been discussing a possible extension of a fragile ceasefire, but both sides have offered differing descriptions of what an interim deal would include. The two sides have proposed several deals in the past few weeks that they have failed to clinch.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur relationship with Iran is becoming a much more professional and productive one,\u201d Trump wrote Sunday in a social media post. \u201cThey must understand, however, that they cannot develop or procure a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb.\u201d He added that the US blockade of the strait would remain in place until an agreement is completed and that both sides must take their time to \u201cget it right.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there may be \u201csome good news\u201d regarding Hormuz in the coming hours, as Iran and Washington press ahead with peace negotiations.<\/p>\n

Still, the broad agreement described by US officials does not address Iran\u2019s missile stockpile nor does it contain an explicit ban on uranium enrichment \u2014 two of Trump\u2019s most important goals. That could enrage Republican national security hawks that have already railed against the negotiations.<\/p>\n

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Iranian media and officials have also been more circumspect. Washington and Tehran are still at odds over \u201cone or two provisions,\u201d the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported, citing an \u201cinformed source.\u201d The Fars agency, meanwhile, dismissed Trump\u2019s claims on Saturday that a deal has been \u201clargely negotiated\u201d as \u201cfar from reality,\u201d without citing anyone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s nuclear program is a central sticking point, including its insistence that it isn\u2019t seeking a nuclear weapon.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are ready to assure the world during any talks that we are not seeking nuclear weapons,\u201d the Student News Network on Sunday cited Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as saying. He added that Iran is \u201cnot seeking unrest in the region.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The US plans to lift its blockade as part of the agreement and Iran has also agreed in principle to dispose of its highly enriched uranium, a Trump administration official told reporters, adding the US does not plan to unfreeze any Iranian assets as part of the current agreement being negotiated. They also reiterated the Trump administration\u2019s position that any toll system imposed by the Iranians for Hormuz transit is unacceptable.<\/p>\n

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Any sanctions relief will depend on how Tehran complies with various provisions of the deal, the officials said, adding that the timeline on Iran\u2019s disposal of highly enriched uranium and a moratorium on enrichment will be negotiated later.<\/p>\n

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The US officials said they expect a substantial Iranian commitment to forgo enrichment as part of any final deal. They said the US believes it can ultimately negotiate an enforceable mechanism that guarantees Iran won\u2019t have a nuclear weapon and leads to a more productive bilateral relationship. In previous talks, the US has sought a 20-year moratorium on enrichment.<\/p>\n

Iran hasn\u2019t confirmed any of these details and has made clear it intends to preserve its uranium stockpile.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a post on X he spoke with Trump about the US-Iran negotiations and reiterated that the threat of Iranian nuclear weapons must be eliminated as part of any final agreement.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump also reaffirmed Israel\u2019s right to defend itself against threats on every front, including Lebanon,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Trump had said a deal to start bringing an end to the US-Israeli war on Iran was nearing completion and that the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened. But he was also receiving significant pushback from his political allies, who wanted him to restart the military campaign.<\/p>\n

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker wrote on social media before Trump\u2019s Saturday post that a new ceasefire \u201cwould be a disaster. Everything accomplished by Operation Epic Fury would be for naught!\u201d<\/p>\n

Axios reported the pact would involve a 60-day extension of the existing ceasefire, during which the strait would be reopened and Iran allowed to sell its oil.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The draft was also said to stipulate that the parallel war between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon would end \u2014 a step Israel may be reluctant to endorse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several Republicans compared the reported deal unfavorably to the 2015 Iran deal that President Barack Obama made with Iran. Trump on Sunday rejected that idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a direct path to Iran developing a Nuclear Weapon,\u201d he wrote about the 2015 deal. \u201cNot so with the transaction currently being negotiated with Iran by the Trump Administration \u2013 THE EXACT OPPOSITE, in fact!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013With assistance from Eric Martin, Arsalan Shahla, Dan Williams, Se Young Lee and Eltaf Najafizada.<\/p>\n

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(Updates with Tasnim report in third paragraph)<\/p>\n

More stories like this are available on bloomberg.com<\/p>\n

\u00a92026 Bloomberg L.P.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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