Trump Says Iran Negotiations Going Well, Strait Of Hormuz Is Open But No Ships Can Pass

On Tuesday morning President Donald Trump announced that U.S./Iranian negotiations are going well, and the Islamic Republic agreed to ongoing nuclear inspections. While the President said that the Strait of Hormuz is now open, no ships will pass through it, which means it is effectively closed.

Despite their protestations and false statements to the contrary, coupled with the drumbeat of the Fake News, which is doing everything possible to make the U.S. Victory as small and insignificant as possible, Iran has fully and completely agreed to highest level Nuclear inspections long into the future (Infinity!!!). This will insure “Nuclear Honesty.” If they did not agree to this, there would be no further negotiations! Based on this and other major concessions being made by Iran, I have agreed to allow the Hormuz Strait to remain OPEN, with no further Naval Blockade. However, all ships are remaining in place should it be necessary to reinstitute the Blockade, which seems, at this point, highly unlikely. The Money and/or Sanctions that the U.S. Treasury is releasing goes into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A., and will be used for the purchase of food and medical supplies, exclusively from the United States, including Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans from our great American Farmers. These are things that are desperately needed by Iran. This is a humanitarian crisis, and I feel it is necessary to help, NOW, before it is too late. Talks are going well! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Tehran denied that it made any concessions regarding its nuclear program, or agreed to allow international inspectors in to monitor it.

“The discrepancy over what had been agreed emerged after Vice President JD Vance echoed the positive assessment of mediators following the first round of high-level negotiations in Switzerland. Washington and Tehran had ‘laid a very good foundation for a successful final deal,’ Vance said Monday,” NBC News reported Tuesday. “He said Iran had agreed to allow the U.N. watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) — to examine Iranian nuclear sites bombed by the United States last year. And he also said that if Iranian financial assets were unfrozen, they would be used to buy American-grown food.”

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran are meeting in Switzerland to attempt to come to a peace deal following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding last week.

Image credit: BURGENSTOCK, SWITZERLAND – JUNE 21: (RESTRICTIONS: No Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International TV) (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (L) meets with his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis (2nd L) to discuss the implementation process of a memorandum of understanding in the resort town of Burgenstock, Switzerland on June 21, 2026. (Photo by Iranian Foreign Ministry / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)