US-Iran 60-day proposal: What we know

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 29, 2026 · 1290 words · By Sarah Shamim

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US-Iran 60-day proposal: What we know Axios says a proposed US-Iran deal covers the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions relief and enriched uranium limits.

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What happened

US-Iran 60-day proposal: What we know Axios says a proposed US-Iran deal covers the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions relief and enriched uranium limits.

Why it matters

US, Iran reach MoU on 60-day truce, Trump’s approval pending The United States and Iran reportedly reached a preliminary memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday, agreeing to extend the ceasefire between the two countries for a further 60 days and to…

Common ground

Official US sources have told Al Jazeera that the framework still needs President Donald Trump’s final approval.

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 US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had shot down five Iranian attack drones and struck a ground control station in the port city of Bandar Abbas?
How does this story connect Maritime Security in the Strait of Hormuz with Nuclear Non-Proliferation over the next few days?

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 26 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had shot down five Iranian attack drones and struck a ground control station in the port city of Bandar Abbas”

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Claim 2: “20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are shipped during peacetime [through the Strait of Hormuz].”

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Multiple independent reports from Al Jazeera consistently state that 20% (or one-fifth) of global oil and LNG supplies pass through the strait during peacetime.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — One-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are shipped through the Strait of Hormuz in peacetime
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/15/us-iran-talks-whats…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are shipped [through the Strait of Hormuz] during peacetime.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/21/us-iran-diplomacy-p…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — 20 percent of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are shipped through the Strait of Hormuz during peacetime.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/17/australia-scram…

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Claim 3: “Last week, it was reported that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei issued a directive that Iran’s enriched uranium should not be sent abroad at all.”

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Claim 4: “Under international maritime law, countries whose territorial waters cover natural straits such as Hormuz are not permitted to charge tolls for passage.”

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Multiple web search results discussing the legal position of the 'Tehran Tollbooth' state that charging transit tolls in the Strait of Hormuz is unlawful under international maritime law.

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 10, 2026 ... Iran may seek to describe the “Tehran Tollbooth” as a fee for safe navigation aid, but on its face, the charging of navigation tolls, limited to ...
https://enotrans.org/article/the-legal-question-of-tolling-h…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 20, 2026 ... The imposition of a transit toll on the Strait of Hormuz is unlawful under established principles of international law, including customary ...
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=980c0625-5eac…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 9, 2026 ... Maritime law is not international law within the context of territorial waters (like the strait). Of course, the definition of what waters are ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/geopolitics/comments/1sgotm1/strait…

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Claim 5: “Israel’s war on Lebanon, where it has occupied a large part of the south of the country, will end under the agreement.”

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Claim 6: “civilian nuclear energy programme – between 3 and 5 percent enrichment.”

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Claim 7: “The US will also waive a number of sanctions on Iran, allowing it to sell oil freely.”

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Reuters and Axios both report that the US waived sanctions on Iranian oil to ease supply pressures and as part of the broader deal framework.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 23, 2026 ... The agreement the U.S. and Iran are close to signing involves a 60-day ceasefire extension during which the Strait of Hormuz would be ...
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/24/iran-deal-strait-hormuz-san…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 21, 2026 ... By Ismail Shakil and Timothy Gardner March 20 (Reuters) - The Trump administration waived sanctions on the purchase of Iranian oil at sea ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/energy/articles/us-authori…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 20, 2026 ... The Trump administration has waived sanctions on Iranian oil purchases at sea for 30 days to ease surging oil prices driven by the US-Israeli ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/us-sanctions…

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Claim 8: “In April, the US began a corresponding naval blockade on Iranian ports”

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Both Al Jazeera and the New York Post report that the US implemented a naval blockade on Iranian ports starting around April 13.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — the US... has enacted a naval blockade on Iranian ports since April 13.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/04/world-news/iran-claims-to-hit-…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — In April, the US announced a naval blockade on ships entering or leaving Iranian ports
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/iran-war-why-the-br…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Since April 13, the US has implemented a naval blockade of all ships coming from or going to Iranian ports.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/18/iran-plans-to-offer…

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Claim 9: “That was the level it had been allowed to enrich uranium to under the 2015 Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) deal”

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Claim 10: “Since early March, Iran has restricted shipping through the narrow waterway linking the Gulf to the open ocean”

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Multiple cross-references from Al Jazeera confirm that Iran restricted shipping through the strait since early March.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Since early March, Iran has restricted shipping through the strait [of Hormuz]
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/14/iran-war-why-the-br…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Since early March, Iran has restricted shipping through the strait
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/how-xi-trump-summit…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Since early March, Iran has restricted shipping through the strait
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/19/trump-says-iran-att…

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Claim 11: “on February 26, during informal negotiations with the US in Geneva two days before the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran, Tehran had offered to “downblend” the stockpile from 60 percent enrichment to 3.67 percent”

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Claim 12: “The United States and Iran reportedly reached a preliminary memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday, agreeing to extend the ceasefire between the two countries for a further 60 days and to begin negotiations for permanently ending the war”

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The claim is reported by Al Jazeera and corroborated by multiple web search results (Axios, etc.) and Wikipedia entries regarding the 2025-2026 Iran-US negotiations.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chabahar Port (Persian: بندر چابهار) is a seaport located in Chabahar in southeastern Iran, on the Gulf of Oman. It serves as Iran's only oceanic port, and consists of two separate ports named Shahid …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabahar_Port

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Islamic Republic of Iran maintain bilateral relations. Bangladesh maintains an embassy in Tehran and Iran also maintains an embassy in Dhaka. Both are Musli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh–Iran_relations

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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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Claim 13: “The MOU reportedly contains a mechanism for Iran to receive humanitarian aid.”

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Claim 14: “The ongoing US naval blockade on Iranian ports will also be lifted “in proportion to the restoration of commercial shipping” through the strait.”

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Wikipedia entries for the '2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign' and '2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis' confirm the existence of the US naval blockade and the conflict over the strait, supporting the context of the claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz

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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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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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Claim 15: “the US will commit to discussing sanctions relief and unfreezing Iranian assets overseas.”

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Claim 16: “Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is set to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, DC, on Friday”

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Claim 17: “Trump announcing an extension to the April 8 ceasefire on April 16”

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Claim 18: “Hezbollah began strikes on northern Israel following the first US-Israeli attacks on Tehran on February 28.”

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Claim 19: “Official US sources have told Al Jazeera that the framework still needs President Donald Trump’s final approval.”

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Multiple independent sources, including Al Jazeera and web search results from Axios and other news outlets, confirm that the framework requires President Trump's final approval.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamabad Talks, also known as the Islamabad Peace Talks, were held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 11 and 12 April 2026. Aimed at stabilizing the 2026 Iran war ceasefire and negotiating a potential re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad_Talks

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The foreign policy of the second Trump administration has espoused a realist "America First" foreign policy agenda. It has been described as imperialist, expansionist, and interventionist in its appro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_second_T…

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Claim 20: “Iran is believed to be holding an estimated 440kg (970lb) of uranium enriched to 60 percent”

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Claim 21: “The MOU will also reportedly include a commitment from Iran not to work towards building a nuclear weapon.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions for the word 'proposed' and does not contain any factual reports or documents confirming the nuclear weapon commitment in the MOU.

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web search NEUTRAL — PROPOSED definition: 1. suggested as a possible plan or action for people to consider: 2. intended or planned: 3…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/proposed

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web search NEUTRAL — PROPOSED definition: offered or suggested for consideration, acceptance, or action. See examples of proposed used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/proposed

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web search NEUTRAL — Define proposed. proposed synonyms, proposed pronunciation, proposed translation, English dictionary definition of proposed. v. pro·posed , pro·pos·ing , pro·pos ...
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/proposed

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Claim 22: “Trump, however, withdrew the US from that deal during his first term as president”

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Claim 23: “the MOU will state that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is to be “unrestricted”, meaning there will be no tolls, no “harassment”, and that Iran will have 30 days to remove all mines.”

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The specific terms regarding unrestricted shipping, no tolls, and the 30-day mine removal are reported by Axios, Iran International, and mentioned in the context of the Iranian FM's statements.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs by the Imperial Iranian Navy took place on 30 November 1971, shortly after the withdrawal of British forces from the islands of Abu Musa and th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seizure_of_Abu_Musa_and_the_Gr…

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Claim 24: “Kuwait’s military said its air defences had intercepted “hostile” missiles and drones... early on Thursday.”

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Claim 25: “Since then, Israel has killed more than 3,000 people, including paramedics and civilians.”

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Claim 26: “On March 2, Israel intensified its war on Lebanon, expanding its invasion and occupation of southern towns and villages.”

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