President Trump orders negotiators to revise proposed agreement, demanding clearer language on limits to Iran’s nuclear program and on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.By World Israel News StaffPresident Donald Trump has asked negotiators to revise a draft agreement with Iran, seeking stronger language on Tehran’s enriched uranium stockpile and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz before approving the deal, according to Axios.The request came during a White House Situation Room meeting Friday, after US envoys reached a proposed memorandum of understanding with Iranian counterparts.The draft is intended to extend the current ceasefire, reopen the key shipping route and create a 60-day window for negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program and US sanctions relief.Trump has signaled that he wants an agreement and expects one to be finalized soon, but he is pressing for firmer terms on issues he considers central to the deal, two US officials told Axios.A White House official said after Friday’s meeting that Trump “will only make a deal that is good for America, satisfies his redlines and makes sure Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon.”In its current form, the draft includes an Iranian commitment not to pursue a nuclear weapon, but leaves detailed nuclear restrictions for follow-up talks during the 60-day period.Those talks would begin with the fate of Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile and limits on future enrichment.Trump wants that section tightened before signing off.“It’s more specifics about how the US gets the material and the timing,” a senior administration official told Axios, referring to Iran’s enriched uranium.A second source briefed on the matter said Trump also wants changes to the wording on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important energy shipping lanes.The revisions have triggered another round of indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran.A senior administration official said Trump was told it could take about three days for Iran to respond.“They’re literally in caves and they’re not using email,” the official said.Despite the delay, the administration still expects a deal.“There will be a deal. The imminence of it, we’ll see,” the senior official said. “We’re willing to wait so the president gets what he asks for. It could be a week. It could be less. It could be more. At the turn of the week, we hope to have something.”Trump announced Friday that he would convene the Situation Room meeting to review the Iran proposal, saying he would make a final decision on the deal.He has demanded that Iran commit to never developing a nuclear weapon, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, remove mines from the waterway and allow the disposal of its highly enriched uranium.Reuters reported that Trump also said no money would be exchanged at this stage, while Iranian state media has said a deal could include access to billions of dollars in frozen Iranian funds.The White House has denied that claim.Iranian officials have also said the final text has not been approved, despite earlier claims by US officials that Tehran was prepared to sign and that the decision rested with Trump.The competing accounts reflect the fragility of the negotiations, which are taking place after months of war, attacks on shipping and a fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran.The proposed framework would reportedly extend the ceasefire for 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz without tolls, allow Iran to resume oil exports and begin negotiations on a more detailed nuclear arrangement.The post Trump seeks tougher terms in draft Iran deal – report appeared first on World Israel News.