Trump in Situation Room to make final call on Iran peace deal after lifting Naval blockade of Hormuz Strait

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President Donald Trump says he is meeting with aides “to make a final determination” on whether to accept a proposed agreement to end the war he started with Iran three months ago and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to global maritime traffic.

Writing on Truth Social, Trump said the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports would end and Iran would “complete the immediate removal and/or detonation of any mines” in the key waterway so that the strait would be “immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic” to allow hundreds of ships that have been trapped on the wrong end of the strait to “start the process of ‘heading home!’”

“Say HELLO to your wives, husbands, parents, and families from me, your favorite President,” he said.

The president also claimed Iran’s supply of enriched uranium would be dug out of collapsed bunkers and removed from Iranian territory and “destroyed” with the assistance of the International Atomic Energy Agency and stressed that “no money will be exchanged” between Washington and Tehran “until further notice.”

“Other items, of far less importance, have been agreed to,” Trump added.

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