Trump says he’s making final decision on Iran deal as Tehran slams ‘mixture of truth and lies’

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · May 29, 2026 · 689 words

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Trump says he’s making final decision on Iran deal as Tehran slams ‘mixture of truth and lies’ US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would be making a final decision on a potential deal to end the US-Israeli war against Iran ahead of a high-security…

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Why it matters

But after more than two hours of deliberations, no decision has yet been forthcoming.

Common ground

US President Donald Trump said Friday that he was making his decision on a potential deal with Iran, though Tehran insisted there was still "no final agreement" on ending the Middle East war.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

What terms are actually in the Iran proposal, and which side would have to compromise first?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Iranian state TV said Friday that 24 ships had transited the strait in the past 24 hours, in coordination with the Revolutionary Guards and the foreign ministry?
What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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Claim 1: “Iranian state TV said Friday that 24 ships had transited the strait in the past 24 hours, in coordination with the Revolutionary Guards and the foreign ministry.”

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Claim 2: “US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would be making a final decision on a potential deal to end the US-Israeli war against Iran”

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Multiple web search results from May 29, 2026, confirm that Donald Trump stated he would be making a 'final determination' or decision on a potential deal with Iran.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. Active hostilities broke out after surprise US–Israeli airstrikes targeting military and govern…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the ongoing 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war

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Claim 3: “as for the toll-free reopening of Hormuz, the sources said, "no such clause appears in the text of the agreement"”

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Web search results confirm that Fars News Agency cited sources claiming that the agreement text does not include the clause regarding toll-free reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago ... Iran's Longtime Generosity on Hormuz Ends as Tehran Eyes Tolls For decades, Iran has allowed free passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the ...
https://www.facebook.com/ArabNews/posts/breaking-irans-fars-…

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago ... ... over the Strait of Hormuz," said Fars, citing the unidentified source ... States and Iran have agreed on a peace deal that provides for ...
https://english.aawsat.com/world/5284250-irans-fars-news-age…

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web search NEUTRAL — 10 hours ago ... The United States and Iran reach an agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the signing set for June 19 in ...
https://www.facebook.com/inquirerdotnet/posts/the-united-sta…

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Claim 4: “no money will be exchanged, until further notice”

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Two separate web search results from May 29, 2026, quote Trump directly saying, 'No money will be exchanged, until further notice.'

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web search NEUTRAL — United States president Donald Trump announced a broad package of import duties on April 2, 2025—a date he called "Liberation Day". In a White House Rose ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day_tariffs

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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 · “No money will be exchanged until further notice. Other items, of far less importance, have been agreed to. I will be meeting now, in the ...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/29/trump-says-final-de…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 · "No money will be exchanged, until further notice," Trump added. "Other items, of far less importance, have been agreed to."
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/29/trump-iran-deal-hormuz-nucle…

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Claim 5: “Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a series of drone attacks on military targets in northern Israel, including troop gatherings and a barracks.”

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Claim 6: “The two countries would coordinate on removing and destroying Iran's enriched uranium”

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While evidence confirms a general conflict and a framework for a deal, the specific detail about coordinating the removal and destruction of enriched uranium is not explicitly confirmed in the provided search results for the 2026 conflict.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 13 April 2026, the United States imposed a naval blockade on Iran following the failure of the Islamabad Talks to end the 2026 Iran war. The blockade began 10 a.m. ET and applied only to ships goin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_naval_block…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, historically known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea t…
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Claim 7: “the comment on destroying Iran's nuclear material "is fundamentally baseless"”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the specific claim that the comment on destroying nuclear material is 'fundamentally baseless'.

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Claim 8: “Fars, however, cited Iranian sources as saying that Tehran was demanding "the immediate release of $12 billion in frozen Iranian assets"”

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Multiple reports cite the Fars News Agency and other Iranian sources demanding the release of $12 billion in frozen assets as a precondition.

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web search NEUTRAL — 6 hours ago ... The United States will release $12 billion in frozen assets to Iran before the start of negotiations, Mehr news agency reported on Monday, ...
https://www.facebook.com/channelsforum/posts/the-united-stat…

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web search NEUTRAL — 8 hours ago ... ... Iranian official said Friday, according to the Fars News Agency. Mohsen Rezaei, a senior adviser to Iran's supreme leader, made the remarks ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZmOPphlYDj/

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web search NEUTRAL — May 24, 2026 ... Iranian negotiators are demanding the immediate release of $12 billion in frozen assets held in Qatar as a precondition for advancing talks ...
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202605244481

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Claim 9: “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that his country's forces had pushed deeper inside Lebanon”

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Claim 10: “Baghaei also told state TV that there were currently "no negotiations" taking place on Iran's nuclear programme.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding statements by Esmaeil Baghaei on state TV about the status of nuclear negotiations.

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Claim 11: “Trump attended a two-hour meeting in the White House Situation Room on Friday, but did not reach a decision on any new deal with Iran”

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Web search results from May 29, 2026, explicitly state that Trump ended a meeting without making a 'final determination' on the deal.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On the evening of April 25, 2026, gunshots were fired near the main security screening area for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. President Don…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_White_House_Correspondent…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 13 to 15 May 2026, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to China. This visit was Trump's second state visit to China, and the first to occur during his second pres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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Claim 12: “Netanyahu said troops had crossed the Litani River, around 30 kilometres north of the Lebanon-Israel frontier”

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Claim 13: “Trump announced the meeting in a lengthy social media post, reiterating long-held demands that Iran agree never to have nuclear weapons and must open the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane.”

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Multiple sources confirm Trump's social media post demanding that Iran agree to never have nuclear weapons and that the Strait of Hormuz be immediately open to unrestricted shipping.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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Claim 14: “Lebanon was drawn into the war in early March when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel over the killing of Iran's supreme leader in US-Israeli attacks”

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Claim 15: “Israeli and Lebanese military delegations were holding security talks in Washington.”

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Claim 16: “A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was supposed to have taken effect on April 17, but has never been observed.”

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Claim 17: “In his post, Trump said Tehran would remove mines in the Strait of Hormuz and end its blockade of the waterway with "no tolls", while the US would lift its parallel blockade of Iranian ports.”

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Web search results from May 30, 2026, confirm that Trump's social media post mentioned Tehran removing mines and ending the blockade with 'no tolls' in exchange for the US lifting its blockade of Iranian ports.

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Claim 18: “US strikes on the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas countered by retaliatory Iranian fire.”

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