Trump says US-Iran agreement 'largely negotiated' as Tehran backs draft plan to reopen Hormuz
President Trump said on May 24 that an agreement between the United States, Iran "and the various other countries" to end the two-month war "has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization", with the terms discussed in a "very good call" with regional leaders and separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The New York Times, citing three senior Iranian officials, reported Tehran has agreed to a draft plan to end fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement follows Trump's May 19 decision to postpone planned strikes as Gulf leaders said a deal was close, and his May 20 call with Netanyahu over a Qatar- and Pakistan-drafted peace memo.
President Donald Trump announced on May 24 that an agreement between the United States, the Islamic Republic of Iran "and the various other countries" to end their war "has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization", writing on Truth Social that the terms remained to be finalised. Trump said he had discussed the deal in a "very good call" with regional leaders and had spoken separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He did not name the parties on the multilateral call or specify which terms remained open.
The New York Times, citing three senior Iranian officials, reported that Tehran has agreed to a draft plan to end fighting and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump's social-media post did not address the strait, the location of Iran's enriched-uranium stockpile, or the question of US-Israeli security guarantees, all of which had been flagged as outstanding by Iranian officials in earlier rounds. Iran has not publicly confirmed the broader terms Trump described.
Pakistan welcomed Trump's "extraordinary efforts" to pursue peace after a call that also included the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Türkiye, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a separate teleconference with Trump and regional leaders on Iran and the wider Middle East, according to Türkiye's Communications Directorate. Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani urged Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi by phone to support de-escalation.
The announcement comes five days after Trump postponed planned US strikes on Iran while Gulf leaders said a nuclear deal was close to being sealed, and four days after a tense Trump-Netanyahu call over a revised peace memo drafted by Qatar and Pakistan.