Donald Trump said on Saturday that the US and Iran were close to a deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but the details remain murky and both sides appear to be describing the talks differently. The president said the agreement had been 'largely negotiated,' while Iranian officials signalled that they were still working through a memorandum of understanding and had not settled the nuclear question.
The news came after several days of urgent diplomacy aimed at stopping the conflict from widening again. Trump had recently threatened fresh strikes on Iran, while Tehran responded with increasingly blunt rhetoric, leaving the weekend announcement somewhere between breakthrough and placeholder.
