Iran’s top negotiator has criticized Donald Trump’s peace deal as the leaders vowed the US would never capture nuclear dust.
In a post on social media, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf wrote: “The President of the United States made seven claims in one hour, all seven of which are false.”
Earlier today, Trump emphatically declared that Iran will never close the Strait of Hormuz.
Ghalibaf wrote, “They won’t win the war with these lies, and they certainly won’t get anywhere in negotiations.”
“If the blockage continues, the Strait of Hormuz will no longer remain open.”
He added: “Passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be conducted on a ‘specified route’ and with ‘Iranian authorities’.
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“The open or closed status of the strait and the rules governing it will be determined by the region, not by social networks.”
This comes after Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz “fully open”, but not to Iranian ships.
As it is, the US blockade applies only to Iranian ships that visit Iranian ports, as well as ships carrying sanctioned oil.
The US President said that the US naval blockade of Iran “will continue in its entirety” until a permanent agreement is reached with Tehran.
Celebrating the success on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “Iran has just announced that the Iran Strait is wide open and ready for full passage. Thank you!”
“Iran has agreed to never again close the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump said.
“It will no longer be used as a weapon against the world.”
Iran’s foreign minister issued a similar announcement, stating that the waterway was “fully open” for the remainder of the temporary ceasefire.
Abbas Aragchi said the decision to open the shipping lanes was taken after Israel agreed to stop attacks on Lebanon with a ten-day temporary ceasefire that began Thursday night.
The US president also said Thursday night that Iran “has agreed not to have nuclear weapons” and that talks on a permanent deal will “likely” take place later this week.
Trump said, “The United States will get all the nuclear ‘dust’ created by our great B2 bombers – no money will be exchanged in any way, shape or form.”
Speaking about Iran’s supply of enriched uranium, Trump said: “We’re going to get it together. We’re going to go at a nice leisurely pace with Iran, and go down and start digging with big machinery.”
“We’ll bring it back to the United States.”
The White House is also said to be considering a $20 billion (£14.75 billion) deal to tempt Tehran to give up its entire stockpile of enriched uranium.
Peace talks had previously broken down due to Iran’s refusal to give up its nuclear ambitions.
According to reports, Washington has now asked to send all Iran’s nuclear material by ship.
In response, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei said, “Iran’s enriched uranium will not be transferred anywhere.”
Instead, it will only consider it “mixed in” as dust within the country.
A rumored deal under discussion would see some of the highly enriched uranium shipped to a country that is not the US.
Crisis talks are now underway between the two sides and US Vice President JD Vance is expected to lead a second round of talks in Pakistan later this week.
