{"id":2666,"date":"2026-05-23T21:11:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/trump-fine-tunes-iran-deal-with-gulf-allies\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T21:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:11:05","slug":"trump-fine-tunes-iran-deal-with-gulf-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/trump-fine-tunes-iran-deal-with-gulf-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Fine-Tunes Iran Deal With Gulf Allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Negotiations between the United States and Iran over ending their escalating conflict are entering a critical phase, with a Pakistani security official revealing that a formal agreement framework is being finalized, as New York Post reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The official disclosed to Reuters that <em>&#8220;an MoU is being fine-tuned,&#8221;<\/em> referring to a Memorandum of Understanding between the two nations. The diplomatic push follows military escalations that intensified on February 28, when US and Israeli forces conducted airstrikes targeting Tehran.<\/p>\n<h2>Negotiations Focus on 14-Point Plan<\/h2>\n<p>Negotiating teams from both sides have been working through a comprehensive 14-point proposal designed to establish a lasting ceasefire and reduce regional tensions. The talks represent a significant diplomatic effort amid heightened military posturing from multiple parties.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump Signals Optimism but Stands Firm<\/h2>\n<p><strong>President Trump<\/strong> characterized the negotiating momentum as positive, telling CBS News that the parties were <em>&#8220;getting a lot closer&#8221;<\/em> to agreement. However, he made clear that any final deal must meet American objectives entirely.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will only sign a deal where we get everything we want,&#8221; the President stated, adding a stark warning: &#8220;We&#8217;re going to have a deal, or we&#8217;re going to have a situation where no country will ever be hit as hard as they&#8217;re about to be hit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>High-Level Diplomatic Activity<\/h2>\n<p><strong>President Trump<\/strong> scheduled a Saturday call with Gulf state allies to assess the negotiation progress. He also planned to meet with senior advisors <strong>Steve Witkoff<\/strong> and <strong>Jared Kushner<\/strong>, both instrumental in the talks.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vice President <strong>JD Vance<\/strong> returned to Washington on Saturday from his Cincinnati home, with his security detail captured traveling toward the White House, indicating intensive diplomatic coordination at the highest levels of government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US and Iranian negotiators are finalizing a formal agreement framework to end their escalating conflict, with President Trump signaling optimism but insisting any deal must fully meet American objectives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[2512,2510,96,2513,2511,277,1326,209],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-2666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-ceasefire-agreement","tag-gulf-allies","tag-iran","tag-middle-east-tensions","tag-nuclear-negotiations","tag-operation-in-iran","tag-trump-administration","tag-united-states","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=2666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}