President Trump signaled Friday that a final decision on a potential agreement with Iran could be just hours away, announcing he was heading to the White House Situation Room to make what he called a \u201cfinal determination\u201d on a proposed deal that would dramatically reshape U.S.-Iran relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination,\u201d Trump wrote in a lengthy Truth Social<\/a> post outlining the terms he says Iran must accept before any agreement moves forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The president’s announcement immediately fueled speculation that a major breakthrough could be nearing after months of negotiations following the U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among Trump’s non-negotiable demands: Iran must permanently abandon any pursuit of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb,\u201d Trump declared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Trump also outlined provisions that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz to unrestricted international shipping, eliminate any remaining naval mines in the waterway, and potentially end the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShips caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented Naval Blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of \u2018heading home!\u2019\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cSay HELLO to your wives, husbands, parents, and families from me, your favorite President!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Perhaps the most striking element of Trump’s proposal involves Iran’s remaining stockpile of enriched uranium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According<\/a> to the president, the United States would work alongside Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency to excavate and destroy what he described as enriched nuclear material buried beneath mountains damaged during U.S. B-2 bomber strikes nearly a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe enriched material, sometimes referred to as \u2018Nuclear Dust,\u2019 … will be unearthed by the United States … and DESTROYED,\u201d Trump wrote, adding that only the U.S. and China possess the capability to carry out such an operation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\n
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