Trump Latest: Trump holds Situation Room meeting on Iran ceasefire framework
Trump latest: Donald Trump met top aides Friday in the White House Situation Room to make a final determination on a framework for extending the ceasefire with Iran. The meeting ended without clarity on what comes next, after Trump set conditions for any deal and signaled he could move to lift the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump and Iran terms
Trump said Iran must never have a nuclear weapon or bomb, and he said the Strait of Hormuz must reopen for unrestricted shipping traffic in both directions. He also said any mines in the waterway are to be destroyed, that ships caught there can start the process of heading home, and that no money will be exchanged until further notice.
The Friday session followed Thursday reports that the two sides had agreed a framework pending approval by Trump and Iran’s leadership. That framework would extend the ceasefire for 60 days and launch talks on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme, making the White House meeting the point where the proposal either moves ahead or stops.
White House red lines
A White House official told CBS News that “President Trump will only make a deal that is good for America and satisfies his red lines. Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon,” while a separate White House official told the that the Situation Room meeting had concluded. Trump’s public posture left his approval tied to the conditions he laid out on Friday, not to the framework alone.
That creates the friction in the talks: Trump was prepared to reopen shipping and lift the blockade, but only if Iran accepts the weapons restrictions and the removal and destruction of enriched uranium. Those terms go beyond the ceasefire date and into the nuclear issue itself, which Iranian officials have already rejected as a subject for negotiation.
Esmaeil Baqaei position
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told state TV that Iran is “focused on ending the war, and there are no negotiations on the nuclear issue.” Iran says its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful and denies that it is seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Pete Hegseth also floated the possibility of the U.S. being able to recommence strikes in Iran.
For now, the practical stakes run through the Strait of Hormuz and the 60-day framework on the table. If Trump accepts the deal, shipping could resume under the terms he set; if he does not, the ceasefire holds only as long as both sides keep the current arrangement in place.
