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Trump fumes at ‘dishonorable’ Iranians amid leaks on emerging deal’s purported terms

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US President Donald Trump lashed out at Iran on Friday as the Islamic Republic and his administration leaked conflicting details to media outlets about their emerging diplomatic agreement, warning the “dishonorable” Iranians “better get their act together” after declaring the deal could be signed as soon as this weekend.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, again vowed the Iranian regime will never get its hands on nuclear weapons while asserting full alignment between himself and Trump, despite reportedly being kept in the dark about the agreement during negotiations.

Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump said reports by Iranian state media were “Fake News,” stating they “have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in writing,” without further specifying.

“What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth,” Trump continued. “Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith. AMAZING!”

He also said the Iranians “totally rebuffed Drone attack last night against Indian Ships leaving the Hormuz Strait is TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE,” after the US reported downing a pair of drones targeting a commercial vessel transiting the key waterway.

“They better get their act together, and FAST!” Trump added, a day after calling off strikes on Iran and claiming a deal was at hand.

The US president’s post came after the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported Tehran will not give up its right to enrich uranium under any deal, while reiterating Iran has not yet made a final decision about the draft agreement. IRNA said Tehran would “negotiate only the nuclear program solely within the framework of the Islamic Republic’s fundamental principles.”

“Issues such as Iran’s right to enrich uranium and the retention of enriched material by the Islamic Republic of Iran will be emphasized with a view to their inclusion in the final agreement,” it said.

According to Iranian state media, the draft agreement would let the Islamic Republic keep control of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global shipping route that Iran seized in the wake of the US-Israeli bombing campaign that began on February 28.

Iran, which has only allowed a trickle of ships to pass through the strait, has insisted that vessels obtain permission from its armed forces before transiting.

Quoting a source close to Iran’s negotiating team, Iran’s Mehr news agency published what it said was a text of the draft deal currently being finalized.

The draft, it said, would end the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, see the release of $24 billion in Iran’s frozen assets, and set a 60-day period for negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program.

It also includes the “suspension of sanctions on the sale” of Iran’s oil and petrochemical products, and “the complete lifting of the US naval blockade” on Iranian ports, which has been in place since April 13.

Mehr said the draft underscores the necessity for the US and its allies to pay Iran reparations for damage caused by the war and “to present reconstruction plans for Iran amounting to at least $300 billion.”

“Final negotiations will not begin before the release of half of Iran’s blocked funds, suspension of Iran’s oil sanctions and lifting of the naval blockade,” it added.

Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper, which is aligned with Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, said the draft agreement with the US would require Israel to halt its offensive in Lebanon and give up any territory it has captured in the country’s south.

The deal includes a plan for the “rapid........

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