Trump sends amended peace plan back to Iran with tough stance on nuclear materials, Hormuz: reports

Nypost · 🇮🇷 public Iran · May 31, 2026 · 414 words · By Ronny Reyes

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Trump sends amended peace plan back to Iran with tough stance on nuclear materials, Hormuz: reports See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Topics 3

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What happened

Trump sends amended peace plan back to Iran with tough stance on nuclear materials, Hormuz: reports See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GooglePresident Trump has sent back an amended peace plan to Iran, adding tougher language for Tehran’s nuclear commitments and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, according to reports.

Common ground

The president made it clear during a Situation Room meeting with his advisers Friday that he wants to close a deal only if it meets his demands for Iran to abandon any ambition of achieving a nuclear weapon, with the issue being key to the amendments added…

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: 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 the White House denies [that the Islamic Republic would receive billions of dollars in frozen funds]?
How does this story connect US-Iran Nuclear Negotiations with Strait of Hormuz sovereignty over the next few days?

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “the White House denies [that the Islamic Republic would receive billions of dollars in frozen funds]”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'White' and general Wikipedia entries for 'White House Down' or 'Iran'. There is no specific evidence provided in the search results that documents a White House denial regarding the frozen funds.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…

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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…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — White House Down is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by James Vanderbilt. The film stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Down

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Claim 2: “Trump is demanding that the terms of the deal be exact on how and when Iran will surrender its nearly 1,000 pounds of enriched uranium to the US”

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Web search results from June 2026 indicate Trump's insistence that the US recover or destroy Iran's highly enriched uranium and that he will not allow Iran to keep weapons-grade uranium.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched joint airstrikes on Iran, starting the 2026 Iran war. The strikes targeted Iranian officials, military commanders, and military assets, assas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_2026_Iran_war

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Claim 3: “Iran’s claim that the passageway will now be under the Islamic regime’s control under a toll-booth system”

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Only one specific web search result (Al Jazeera) mentions a response from Iran's negotiator regarding Trump's threats to control the Strait, but it does not explicitly confirm the 'toll-booth system' claim in the provided text snippets, though it discusses the conflict over control.

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web search NEUTRAL — Iran, [c] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, [d] historically known as Persia, [e] is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the C…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

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web search NEUTRAL — 14 hours ago · Stay on top of Iran latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
https://www.aljazeera.com/where/iran/

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web search NEUTRAL — 17 hours ago · Iran's top negotiator says military 'ready to respond' after Trump's threats Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammad Ghalibaf has responded to President Donald Trump's threat to take over Iran…
https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-upd…

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Claim 4: “President Trump has sent back an amended peace plan to Iran, adding tougher language for Tehran’s nuclear commitments and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that President Trump sent back an amended peace plan to Iran with tougher language regarding nuclear commitments and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, including a report from Reuters.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 28 February to 17 June 2026, the United States and Israel were at war with Iran and its regional allies. Hostilities broke out after surprise US–Israeli airstrikes targeting military and governme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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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 5: “Iranian state media claimed that the Islamic Republic would receive billions of dollars in frozen funds under the current deal”

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Multiple web search results, including reports from Anadolu Ajansı and other news sources, confirm that Iranian state media claimed the Islamic Republic would receive billions in frozen funds.

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web search NEUTRAL — The IRNA report states that some Iranian assets would be released immediately upon signing a deal to end the war, while the remainder would be released gradually during the subsequent negotiations. It…
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/iranian-media-reveals-deta…

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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian state media has reported that a deal is close but not final and claimed Iran would receive billions of dollars in frozen funds.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2610655/trump-seeks-changes-to-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The proposal would mark another financial incentive under the memorandum of understanding recently signed by the U.S. and Iran. Just last week, a report by Reuters revealed that the United Arab Emirat…
https://southfront.press/u-s-and-qatar-are-working-on-plan-t…

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Claim 6: “the memo reportedly states that a 60-day window of negotiations would take place during the cease-fire along with talks on sanctions relief from the US”

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Multiple sources, including a Wikipedia entry on 2025-2026 negotiations and recent web search results, confirm a 60-day negotiation window and a ceasefire memorandum of understanding.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — .us is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States. It was established in February 1985. Registrants of us domains must be U.S. citizens, residents, or organizations – or …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.us

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Us, us, uS, or US commonly refers to: Us (pronoun), the objective case of the English first-person plural pronoun we U.S., an abbreviation for the United States Us, us, uS, or US may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us

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Claim 7: “Trump has previously said the strait should remain free international waters”

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Web search results from May 2026 explicitly state that President Trump said the Strait of Hormuz should remain accessible to all countries and must remain open to international shipping.

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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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