Donald Trump has said reports of a $300 billion payout to Iran are ‘fake news put out by the Dumocrats’ in a post on Truth Social.
Yesterday, Axios and other publications reported that one of the conditions of the peace agreement between the US and Iran was a $300,000,000,000 reconstruction fund for Iran, which would help the Republic facilitate the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
The talking points, printed on White
Trump has seemingly put that narrative to rest, along with reiterating that Iran agreed to ‘never build a nuclear weapon’.
‘Iran has agreed to never have a Nuclear Weapon! Also, the story that the U.S. is paying Iran 300 million Dollars is Fake News, put out by the Dumocrats!!! President DJT,’ Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Full peace deal talking points revealed
- Iran, Oman and Gulf states would negotiate new shipping and maritime security arrangements for the Gulf.
- Iran, the US and their allies would stop fighting across the region — including in Lebanon.
- Tehran would reaffirm its pledge never to build a nuclear weapon.
- The US and Iran would work out what happens to Tehran’s enriched uranium stockpile.
- Both sides would open talks on Iran’s future enrichment activities and nuclear needs. Iran would maintain the ‘status quo’ of its nuclear program — which has been largely decimated — while negotiations continue.
- The US would lift its naval blockade, hold off on new sanctions and refrain from sending more troops to the region.
- Iran would guarantee safe, toll-free passage for commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days.
- Washington would release an unspecified amount of frozen Iranian assets once the MOU takes effect. A final deal reached after the 60 days would see the US withdraw its forces within 30 days and lift all sanctions on Iran.
- It would pave the way for a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran.
- The US would allow Iran to resume oil sales through temporary sanctions waivers.
Iran’s nuclear program, specifically the fate of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, would be subject to the 60-day clock. Iran has agreed to discuss ways to possibly ‘dilute or remove’ it, the officials said.
However, it remains unclear whether Tehran would agree to that, particularly with hard-liners opposed to giving it up.
Both US intelligence and the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), have said that Iran closed down its nuclear weapons development program in 2003.
But according to the IAEA, Tehran has in recent years continued enriching uranium, including to near weapons-grade.
All three of the plants where that was happening were hit in the last US strikes on Iran last June.
However, while Trump gloated that the strikes had obliterated Tehran’s nuclear facilities, IEA director general Rafael Grossi warned Iran could resume enrichment on a more limited scale within months.
Iran has not allowed the UN to inspect either of the damaged facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan since last summer’s ’12-day war’.
An IAEA report stressed it ‘cannot verify whether Iran has suspended all enrichment-related activities’, or the ‘size of Iran’s uranium stockpile at the affected nuclear facilities’.
The report stressed that the ‘loss of continuity of knowledge … needs to be addressed with the utmost urgency’.
That sense of urgency has translated directly to ongoing peace discussions between Iran and the US.
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