Despite President Donald Trump announcing that a peace agreement with Iran has been “largely negotiated,” the White House has said that the deal could take days to finalise.
The White House doesn’t expect an agreement to end the war with Iran Sunday and thinks it could take several days for the deal’s approval by Iran’s leadership, including Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Axios quoted a senior US official saying in a briefing with reporters.
President Donald Trump announced that a peace agreement with Iran has been “largely negotiated” and will include the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz without tolls.
However, Trump on Sunday told his officials to proceed cautiously in ongoing peace talks with Iran to end the war, saying there must be
“no mistakes” in the negotiations and that they should not “rush into a deal.”
In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump stressed that Iran must not be allowed to develop or acquire nuclear weapons, and said the talks should proceed carefully without errors.
Meanwhile, military adviser to Supreme Leader Mohsen Rezaei on Sunday said Tehran will “break the naval blockade” and may withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if the “enemy” attacks the Strait of Hormuz.
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In a post on X, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he called President Trump about the memorandum of understanding to reopen the Straits of Hormuz and the upcoming negotiations toward a final agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme.
He further said that they both agreed that any final agreement with Iran must eliminate the nuclear danger. “That means dismantling Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites and removing its enriched nuclear material from its territory.”
This follows an intensive period of reciprocal naval blockades and a severe military conflict that erupted on February 28, 2026. Trump previously issued a “final” ultimatum demanding free traffic of oil and emphasised that reopening the waterway is a non-negotiable term.
While US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed “some progress made”, Iranian State Media and Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei pushed back slightly.
“The trend this week has been towards a reduction in disputes, but there are still issues that need to be discussed through mediators. We will have to wait and see where the situation ends in the next three or four days,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei.
Iran described Trump’s characterization as “incomplete and inconsistent with reality,” clarifying that while Hormuz is being discussed, any final mechanism must be strictly coordinated between regional bordering nations like Iran and Oman. They expect an additional 30 to 60 days of negotiations to iron out the finer details.
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