Trump Details Ultimatum for Reopening Strait of Hormuz in Iran Deal
US President Donald Trump announced that a multi-lateral framework to extend the fragile Persian Gulf ceasefire by 60 days has been largely negotiated, but affirmed he is reviewing final terms before signing. Under the proposed memorandum of understanding, Iran must commit to never acquiring nuclea
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US President Donald Trump has unveiled the primary operational parameters of a pending strategic memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the active phase of the war with Iran, outlining an expansive list of nuclear and maritime prerequisites before Washington consents to dismantle its restrictive economic embargo.
The update was published on Trump’s Truth Social platform on Friday, May 29, capping off weeks of high-stakes, backchannel negotiations mediated primarily by third-party regional brokers.
The core structural component of the immediate agreement involves a temporary 60-day prolongation of the existing regional ceasefire, which was established on April 7 but faced an immediate threat of collapse following a direct exchange of fire between US Navy assets and Iranian coastal units in the Strait of Hormuz.
To stabilize global energy corridors, the strategic waterway – which handles roughly 20% of global oil shipments – be permanently freed from arbitrary restrictions or tracking fees. According to detailed implementation schedules, Iran is legally bound to completely clear its offensive naval mine networks within a strict 30-day window. Trump noted that specialized US underwater mine sweepers have already detonated an extensive quantity of these marine hazards during combat operations, leaving the remaining clearance tasks to Iranian engineering units.
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer argues that Washington’s Russia-Ukraine mediation effort has failed because the Trump administration pressured Kyiv while avoiding real pressure on Moscow. Pifer said a pause in US mediation could spare Ukraine from one-sided concessions and create space for a more balanced European role.
In exact reciprocity for the reopening of the shipping lanes, the US will formally suspend the “amazing and unprecedented” naval blockade it clamped onto sovereign Iranian shipping ports in mid-April.
However, to preserve strategic leverage and incentivize compliance, US officials clarified that the withdrawal of American warships and the lifting of port controls will be executed through a phased, proportional system directly matching the volume of international commercial shipping safely restored to the Gulf.
The clearance of deep underground “Nuclear Dust”
While the technical details surrounding Iran’s future uranium enrichment limits have been largely deferred to subsequent, comprehensive treaty tracks, the preliminary agreement institutes an immediate mechanism to deal with legacy nuclear materials.
Trump revealed that the US will initiate a highly coordinated physical recovery operation inside Iran to extract and neutralize enriched radioactive stockpiles – which he termed “Nuclear Dust” – currently trapped beneath collapsed mountain structures. The subterranean containment fields were created 11 months ago during a high-yield conventional strike executed by American B-2 stealth bombers against hardened Iranian nuclear research bunkers.
Because the recovery requires specialized heavy engineering, the text specifies that the US and China are the only international entities possessing the mechanical capability to safely execute the excavation. The operation will be performed in close alignment with Iran and inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to guarantee non-proliferation standards.
Financing reconstruction without direct US capital
Trump emphasized that “no money will be exchanged, until further notice,” ensuring that Washington will not provide direct financial transfers to Tehran during the initial verification phases. Instead, international planners are finalizing a multi-stage financial mechanism designed to release reconstruction funds through external proxies if Iran meets its disarmament milestones.
Under the blueprint currently being reviewed by the administration, the bulk of the post-war reconstruction funds will be managed via a specialized multi-billion-dollar international investment fund.
To shield the White House from domestic political blowbacks, the capital for this fund will be generated almost exclusively by wealthy Gulf Cooperation Council states, with nations like Qatar serving as primary financial backchannels to handle liquidity transfers without direct Washington participation.
CNN reports that Trump has informed internal advisers he intends to take several days to weigh the proposal. Intelligence briefs indicate that the White House will refuse to formally ratify the document until electronic tracking channels definitively confirm that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has personally signed off on every paragraph, eliminating the risk of subsequent non-compliance or internal regime vetoes.
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