US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would soon decide on a proposed deal to extend the ceasefire with Iran, though the two countries still appeared to differ on significant issues that have been central to the conflict. Trump had said on Friday morning that he would meet in a secure White House room to make a "final determination" on the Iran peace deal proposal, which would extend an early-April truce for another 60 days, giving negotiators time to forge a permanent end to the war.
"President Trump will only make a deal that is good for America and satisfies his red lines. Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon," said Defense Secy Pete Hegseth. However, Trump also said Iran would have to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz and dismantle its capacity to make a nuclear weapon - two conditions that Tehran has not agreed to. Trump has insisted he won't be rushed into a bad deal, even as he denies that the war isn't the military quagmire he has long warned against.
The conflict he's called an “excursion” has well surpassed the initial four- to six-week timeline administration officials initially projected. "Iran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb. The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions," Trump said, adding that nuclear material would be "unearthed" by the US.
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