US President Donald Trump put off his decision on the memorandum of understanding with Iran after demanding his team secure more concessions on Iran’s nuclear program, Axios reported Sunday, citing a senior administration official and a US source briefed on the matter.

Trump also wants some changes to the draft’s language about reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the second source said, without elaborating.

A separate report in Israeli daily Israel Hayom said the US let dozens of Qatari oil and liquefied natural gas tankers sail through the strait over the past week after Iran okayed the tankers’ passage and in some cases received payment for it.

Some of the vessels were even escorted by the US Navy, said Israel Hayom, which cited three unidentified diplomatic and intelligence sources. According to the report, the vessels were headed to Europe and East Asia, mostly India or China.

Trump on Friday said he was entering the Situation Room for a “final determination” on Iran, after the White House said that, pending his approval, Washington and Tehran agreed to a 60-day ceasefire extension during which the sides would hammer out nuclear commitments.

The Situation Room meeting ended inconclusively, according to US media, and Iranian officials denied Trump’s suggestions that the memorandum of understanding contains nuclear concessions or a commitment to fully reopening the strait.

The senior official cited by Axios said Trump asked his team during the meeting to amend the timetable of the nuclear talks, in which the US seeks to remove about 10 warheads’ worth of highly enriched uranium that Iran has amassed. The material is thought to have been buried after the US hit key Iranian nuclear sites during the June 2025 Israel-Iran war.

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