Iran on Friday claimed that US President Donald Trump's latest statements on a possible end to the war in the Gulf were a "mix of truth and lies", and were not accurate to the draft proposal under review in Tehran.
Though no final decision has been taken yet on the latest draft of the peace proposal, senior Iranian officials have called Trump's comments "an attempt to stage a fabricated victory".
"The publication of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) text is so far removed from Trump's initial fifteen-point demands that even the narratives of Trump's supporters cannot justify it," a report from Iran's semi-official news agency Fars said, citing officials in the know.
This comes after the two nations had largely agreed on the terms of the MoU by Tuesday—which involves a 60-day ceasefire extension and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz—but Trump told mediators he needed more time to decide.
"The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions. All water mines (bombs), if any, will be terminated ... Ships caught in the Strait due to our amazing and unprecedented Naval Blockade, which will now be lifted, may start the process of 'heading home!'," he wrote in a Truth Social post on Friday.
He added that discussions were on in the Situation Room before he took a final decision on the ceasefire.
However, reiterating Tehran’s position, Iranian media stressed that "Iran’s arrangements for reopening Hormuz could include monitoring and inspection of ships, provision of services, and security measures."
In that regard, Iranian media denied that it had agreed to reopen the strait without tolls, adding that its arrangements for the same could include "monitoring and inspection of ships, provision of services, and security measures".
Iranian officials have also questioned a claim by US officials in an Axios report that Tehran had given "verbal commitments" to the US on the nuclear issue.
"Reaching a final agreement is contingent upon the cessation of the American side's greedy approach and variable and contradictory stances," Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was quoted as saying to his Omani counterpart in the Fars report.
