Sources familiar with the situation told CNN that the US President expressed his reservations during a high-level briefing with national security aides on Monday.<\/p>\n
One source noted that Trump is “not likely to accept the plan,” which was formally delivered to Washington within the last few days. <\/p>\n
Administrative officials have expressed concern that reopening the vital waterway without addressing Iranian nuclear enrichment or its “stockpile of near-bomb-grade uranium” would effectively eliminate a significant source of American diplomatic pressure.<\/p>\n
Why is Donald Trump hesitant to lift the Strait of Hormuz blockade despite rising fuel costs?<\/p>\n
However, CNN reported that maintaining the blockade poses its own risks, as the continued closure of the strait is expected to sustain the inflated energy prices that have led to a sharp rise in American fuel costs. <\/p>\n
Following the conclusion of the Monday meeting, the next phase of the administration’s strategy remained uncertain.<\/p>\n
American representatives remain wary of what they perceive as internal fractures within the Iranian government. <\/p>\n
Per CNN, they are currently unsure which specific individuals “retains ultimate decision-making power over a prospective deal.”<\/p>\n
Despite this diplomatic deadlock, Trump has publicly voiced hesitation regarding the resumption of the “US bombing campaign,” which remains suspended following his decision to extend a ceasefire last week. <\/p>\n
The White House has consistently declined to elaborate on the specific details of the ongoing talks.<\/p>\n
Assistant press secretary Olivia Wales told CNN in a statement that “these are sensitive diplomatic discussions and the U.S. will not negotiate through the press.” <\/p>\n
Wales further noted that the administration remains focused on a long-term resolution, stating, “As the President has said, the United States holds the cards and will only make a deal that puts the American people first, never allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”<\/p>\n
Despite these high-level discussions in Islamabad earlier this week, a definitive breakthrough in peace negotiations between the United States and Iran remains elusive, though back-channel diplomacy continues. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sources familiar with the situation told CNN that the US President expressed his reservations during a high-level briefing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[38,375,102,17354,34,62,25752,101,22175,22258,30906,15539],"class_list":{"0":"post-86766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-strait-of-hormuz","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-energy-prices","10":"tag-hormuz","11":"tag-hormuz-blockade","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-iran-nuclear","14":"tag-iran-peace-plan","15":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","16":"tag-trump-ceasefire","17":"tag-trump-proposal","18":"tag-us-fuel-costs","19":"tag-us-iran-talks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116480165978524107","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}