U.S. President Donald Trump held a White House Situation Room meeting with his advisers as he pondered moving forward with a deal to extend the Iran ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said the agreement has not been finalised.
Ahead of the meeting, Mr. Trump said he was looking to make a “final determination”. A senior administration official later said the roughly two-hour meeting with national security aides had concluded.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar at the State Department in Washington on Friday (May 29, 2026), as negotiations aimed at ending the war with Iran drag on.
U.S. and Iranian negotiators edged toward a deal to extend their fragile ceasefire for 60 days, but the potential breakthrough was still hanging on President Donald Trump’s approval, U.S. sources told AFP on Thursday (May 28, 2026).
The development came after Washington and Tehran accused each other of violating the truce, underscoring the volatility of talks three months after the war in West Asia began with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.
Trump meets with aides to determine whether to move forward with Iran deal
U.S. President Donald Trump held a White House Situation Room meeting with his advisers as he pondered moving forward with a deal to extend the Iran ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said the agreement has not been finalised.
Ahead of the meeting, Mr. Trump said he was looking to make a “final determination”. A senior administration official later said the roughly two-hour meeting with national security aides had concluded.
The official, who was not authorised to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, would not say whether Mr. Trump had made a decision to sign off on the tentative agreement.
Mr. Trump confirmed the high-level talks the day after The Associated Press and other news outlets reported that U.S. and Iranian negotiators had come to terms on a tentative agreement. The deal would extend the fragile ceasefire by 60 days as new talks are held on Iran’s disputed nuclear programme.
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