{"id":2608221,"date":"2026-05-29T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-heads-to-situation-room-to-make-final-determination-on-iran-deal\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:02:01","slug":"trump-heads-to-situation-room-to-make-final-determination-on-iran-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-heads-to-situation-room-to-make-final-determination-on-iran-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump heads to Situation Room to make &#8216;final determination&#8217; on Iran deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-heads-to-situation-room-to-make-final-determination-on-iran-deal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2608221&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S. President Donald Trump said he is heading to the White House Situation Room to make a \u201cfinal determination\u201d on negotiations with Iran after weeks of shifting talks during a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Trump indicated that, following the demands he outlined, the U.S. naval blockade of Iran would be \u201cnow be lifted,\u201d though it was not clear whether that would happen instantly or only if Iran agrees to terms. The article notes that Central Command had recently emphasized the blockade\u2019s effectiveness, reporting that U.S. forces had redirected 115 commercial vessels to ensure no commerce enters or leaves Iranian ports as of May 29.<\/p>\n<p>The persistence of negotiation red lines is highlighted: Iran has maintained maximalist positions, while the U.S. has insisted on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >limits covering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-wont-lift-iran-sanctions-until-they-stop-uranium-enrichment-still-wants-to-rejoin-deal\/\" title=\"Biden won\u2019t lift ... sanctions until they stop uranium enrichment, still wants to rejoin ...\">nuclear capabilities<\/a><\/a>, support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-20-us-military-personnel-hurt-after-drone-attacks-in-syria-and-iraq\/\" title=\"Over 20 US troops injured in drone strikes in Syria and Iraq.\">iranian proxy forces<\/a>, and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump reiterated those conditions in a Truth Social post, including requirements that Iran never obtain a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pm-netanyahu-israel-will-not-allow-iran-to-obtain-a-nuclear-weapon\/\" title=\"PM Netanyahu: Israel will not allow ... to obtain a nuclear weapon\">nuclear weapon<\/a>, that the strait open without tolls for unrestricted shipping, and that any water mines be terminated.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance said the U.S. is \u201cvery close\u201d to a deal but that it is not finalized yet.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\"> Donald Trump<\/a> said he was meeting with advisers in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> Situation Room to make a \u201cfinal determination\u201d on negotiations with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over six weeks into the ceasefire, negotiations with Tehran have waxed and waned. After a flurry of diplomatic activity and speculation, Trump indicated that the conclusion of negotiations was close in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116658423998920803\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116658423998920803\">Truth Social post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4587099\/trump-situation-room-final-determination-iran-deal\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump heads to Situation Room to make \u2018final determination\u2019 on Iran deal<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4586792\/trump-jill-biden-criticism-thinking-joe-stroke-during-debate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump piles on Jill Biden criticism over thinking Joe had a stroke during presidential debate<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4585251\/democrats-lash-out-bidens-after-jill-relitigates-past\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats lash out at Bidens as former first lady relitigates the past: \u2018They suck\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After laying out several demands and details, the president said he \u201cwill be meeting now, in the Situation Room, to make a final determination.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the post, he also said the naval blockade of Iran would \u201cnow be lifted,\u201d though it was unclear whether he meant immediately or as part of a deal contingent on Iran\u2019s agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>reached out to the White House and the War Department for clarification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just an hour earlier, U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/centcom\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3722\">Central Command<\/a> touted the success of the blockade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cU.S. forces continue to enforce the blockade against Iran. As of May 29, 115 commercial vessels have been redirected to ensure no commerce enters or leaves Iranian ports,\u201d a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2060351416787403247?s=20\">post<\/a> on its X account read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the lifting of the blockade is confirmed, it would mark the most significant development over the past month. The naval blockade is key to the U.S. strategy of strangling Iran\u2019s economy, doing almost as much damage to the economy as the six weeks of intensive bombing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has suggested a deal with Iran was imminent numerous times in the past few weeks, but the possibility fell through each time. Tehran has publicly maintained its maximalist stances in negotiations throughout, with Trump maintaining red lines on Iran\u2019s nuclear capabilities, support for its proxy network, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. He reiterated his red lines in his Truth Social post announcing his imminent \u201cfinal determination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4586779\/tentative-agreement-with-iran-would-turn-clock-back-to-feb-27\/\">TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH IRAN WOULD TURN CLOCK BACK TO FEB. 27<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIran must agree that they will never have a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb. The Hormuz Strait must be immediately open, no tolls, for unrestricted shipping traffic, in both directions. All water mines (bombs), if any, will be terminated (we have removed, through detonation, numerous such mines with our great underwater mine sweepers. Iran will complete the immediate removal and\/or detonation of any mines that are left, which will not be many!),\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked if the U.S. and Iran were close to a deal on Thursday, Vice President JD Vance told reporters that, \u201cWe\u2019re not there yet, but we\u2019re very close, and we\u2019re going to keep on working at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump met advisers in the Situation Room to make a final call on Iran talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2608222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Donald-Trump-Iran-strike.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[77512,32726,39907,3634,35343],"class_list":["post-2608221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-iran-deal-2","tag-middle-east","tag-situation-room","tag-trump","tag-u-s-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Donald-Trump-Iran-strike.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2608221"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2608225,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2608221\/revisions\/2608225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2608222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2608221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2608221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2608221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}