Zürcher Nachrichten - Trump blasts Iran version of deal

The two sides released starkly different accounts of the proposed agreement, with Tehran insisting on its right to enrich uranium and maintain control over the Strait of Hormuz.

"The terms that Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social network.

"What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with," Trump added.

"They better get their act together, and FAST!" Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social platform.

A senior Trump administration official said the Iranians had agreed to five key points in the deal.

"This is what they have agreed to. This is a performance-based deal," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

Iran's nuclear material will be destroyed and removed, and its nuclear program will be dismantled under the deal, the official said.

Iran's frozen funds will not be released until they meet the conditions; the Strait of Hormuz will be open; and Iran will not fund terrorist groups, the official added.

But Tehran's official IRNA news agency said stripping Iran of its enriched nuclear material was not even on the table, while it would insist on managing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

After inking an initial memorandum of understanding, IRNA said, Iran and the United States would hold 60 days of talks and that "Iran's right to enrich uranium and the retention of enriched material... will be emphasized with a view to their inclusion in the final agreement".

The clash over the content of the deal comes as both sides seek to show that they have come out with the upper hand following the war that the United States and Israel launched on Iran on February 28.

Trump said on Thursday that the two sides had reached a "great settlement" that would be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend. Tehran said nothing had been finalized.

The US president has often announced an Iran peace deal is imminent only for nothing to emerge, with CNN calculating Trump has made the claim at least 39 times since March 23.

The network broadcast a montage of Trump repeatedly making the claim using the same phrases.

After a shaky ceasefire agreement on April 7, Trump told AFP that the United States had won a "total and complete victory" but sporadic clashes have continued since then and a deal has remained elusive.

A.Ferraro--NZN