US not satisfied in talks with Iran, Trump says no sanction relief

US President Donald Trump indicated during a Wednesday cabinet meeting that progress in talks with Iran on a deal to end the war had slowed, departing from his assertion at the start of the week that an agreement was nearly finalized. Iran “wants to make a deal,” but the US is “not satisfied” yet with what it is seeing, Trump said at the White House, threatening that the US will “have to just finish the job” if talks fizzle out. The president later suggested he may not sign a deal with Iran if neighboring Gulf countries do not normalize ties with Israel under the Abraham Accords.Trump tied Iran talks with the Abraham Accords for the first time on Sunday, seemingly in a bid to secure diplomatic wins amid questionable results on the battlefield, with the Islamic Republic still in power and in control of missile and uranium stockpiles as well as the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump wants 'Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, the others' to join Abraham Accords

'I think those countries OWE it to us'

'I’m not sure we should make the [Iran] deal if they don’t sign, you wanna know the truth'https://t.co/7wMQZr4TD3 pic.twitter.com/qjnlSW9yw4

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Trump addressed multiple flashpoints in the stalled talks with Tehran during a lengthy cabinet meeting at Camp David, including the future of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s uranium stockpile, and Washington’s broader diplomatic strategy in West Asia. The meeting came at a sensitive moment, with fighting paused since the April 8 ceasefire but negotiations still deadlocked over key demands.
One of the sharpest remarks from the Cabinet meeting came when Trump was asked whether he would accept a deal that allowed Iran and Oman to jointly control the Strait of Hormuz. Trump rejected the idea outright and issued a blunt warning to Oman. “Oman will behave just like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up,” he said. The president added that the waterway must remain open to all countries and insisted that “nobody can control it,” while also saying the United States would continue to “watch over it.”
The Wednesday cabinet meeting was held shortly after the White House denied an Iranian state media report claiming the US had “committed itself” to lifting its naval blockade on Iran and withdrawing troops from the region in exchange for Iranian concessions on maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has kept tight control over the vital global energy conduit, while the US has imposed a naval blockade on Iranian ports and coasts since April 13.
The  President also appeared to shut the door on a proposal that would allow either Russia or China to take custody of Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile as part of a peace settlement. “That would not make me comfortable,” the US president said. Both Russia and China maintain close ties with Tehran, and nuclear experts have previously floated the possibility of one of the two countries acting as a third-party custodian for Iran’s uranium reserves to reduce proliferation risks.