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A huge impasse has emerged between US President Donald Trump’s claims of agreement with Iran and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The high-profile meeting between President Trump and his top advisors on Friday in the ‘Secret Room’ (Situation Room) of the White House has ended without any final decision. On one hand, the Trump administration is adamant on imposing strict controls on Iran’s nuclear program, while on the other hand, Iran has also bluntly said that the agreement is still far from being finalized.
Brainstorming for two hours, but Trump is not ready to budge from his conditions.
Just before the start of the meeting, President Donald Trump had claimed in front of the media that he was going to take a final decision on this historic agreement. However, a senior White House official, on condition of anonymity, said that this high-level meeting with national security advisors, which lasted for about two hours, was completely inconclusive. The official made it clear that President Trump will approve only that deal which meets America’s strict conditions and which will permanently curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
There was a proposal for 60 days ceasefire and removal of landmines from Hormuz.
This important meeting took place a day after international media reported that US and Iranian negotiators had agreed on a preliminary draft. Under this proposed agreement, the current fragile ceasefire was to be extended for 60 days. Making his conditions public on social media, Trump wrote, ‘Iran will have to clearly accept that it will never make nuclear weapons or bombs.’ Along with this, he demanded that the Strait of Hormuz should be immediately opened for international ships and all the sea mines laid there should be cleared.
‘Do not trust America, we talk with missiles’ – Iran’s tough stance
Amidst the ongoing meeting at the White House, Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf winked at America and clearly said that Iran does not have even an iota of trust in paper guarantees or empty words. Citing two major attacks on Iran by America and Israel in the last one year, he said that the gap of distrust is very deep. Qalibaf wrote on the social media platform ‘X’, ‘If the other side does not take concrete action, Iran will also not take a step forward. We know how to get concessions not at the negotiating table but with the help of our missiles.
Cash for cash, profit for profit; Iran will not give anything for free
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghai has also clarified that Iranian officials are currently focused only on ending the war completely, and not on the finer details of the nuclear plan. Iran demands that the agreement also include a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah operating in Lebanon. Along with this, Iran is demanding immediate release of its billions of dollars of funds frozen abroad. Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee, bluntly wrote, ‘Now Iran will set the terms: cash for cash, benefit for benefit, nothing will be given for free.’
