Hours after Iran’s state TV released a purported initial draft of the peace agreement between Washington and Tehran, the White House has dismissed it as “a complete fabrication”.
“This report from Iranian controlled media is not true and the MOU they ‘released’ is a complete fabrication. Nobody should believe what Iranian state media is putting out. FACTS MATTER,” the White House writes on X.
US President Donald Trump, in an interview with PBS News on Wednesday, said Iran would not get sanctions relief in exchange for giving up highly enriched uranium.
Later in the day, Trump told reporters at a cabinet meeting that Tehran very much wanted to make a peace agreement, but that Washington was not satisfied with it yet.
"Iran is very much intent, they want very much to make a deal. So far they haven't gotten there ... we're not satisfied with it, but we will be. We will be either that or we'll have to just finish the job," Trump told reporters at a cabinet meeting at the White House.
The Iranian state television report claimed that as per the draft framework of the MoU, Iran and Oman would be tasked with managing ship traffic via Strait of Hormuz.
It also claimed that Tehran would restore commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels within a month while in return, the US would withdraw its military forces from Iran's vicinity and lift the naval blockade on Iranian ports.
It added that the deal could be approved as a binding UN Security Council resolution if a final agreement is reached within 60 days.
However, the report did not mention Iran's controversial nuclear programme. Trump previously said dismantling Iran's nuclear programme to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon was the key aim of the war.