Iran Framework
May 28 – May 30, 2026 Updated May 30
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US and Iran agree 60-day ceasefire memorandum as Trump tells reporters he is still "not satisfied"
US and Iranian negotiators reached a sixty-day memorandum of understanding in Muscat on Thursday that would extend the late-April ceasefire and open a parallel nuclear track, according to two officials briefed on the text. President Trump told reporters at the White House he had not yet approved the document and was "not satisfied" with its language on uranium enrichment.
Iran ceasefire memorandum hinges on Trump signature as dispute over Hormuz transit fees holds up signing
A sixty-day US-Iran memorandum that would extend the ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and open a nuclear track is awaiting President Trump's signature, with Vice-President JD Vance saying the two sides remain "very close" but "not there yet." The final sticking points are an Iranian demand for transit fees on Hormuz shipping and unresolved language on Tehran's enriched-uranium stockpile.
Trump withholds signature on Iran memorandum, sets public conditions on Hormuz and nuclear weapon
President Trump ended a White House Situation Room meeting on the US-Iran ceasefire memorandum without announcing a final determination, telling mediators he wanted a few days to weigh the text. He laid out his terms publicly, demanding that Iran agree never to acquire a nuclear weapon and that the Strait of Hormuz be opened immediately to unrestricted shipping.