Trump Ends Situation Room Meeting Without 'Final Determination' on Iran Deal — Iran Denies Agreement Finalized

US President Donald Trump assembled his national security team in the White House Situation Room on May 29, 2026, announcing he was about to make his 'final determination' on whether to approve the tentative MOU with Iran — but the two-hour meeting concluded without a decision. Trump had laid out his demands publicly: Iran 'must agree' to never obtain a nuclear weapon, and the Strait of Hormuz must be 'immediately open' to unrestricted shipping traffic. A senior administration official told the New York Times that an agreement remained close but required further negotiation on key issues including the unfreezing of Iranian financial assets and the terms for releasing Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei simultaneously pushed back on US framing, telling state media that a proposed agreement 'has not been finalised,' and that Iran's foreign ministry was focused on ending the war rather than parallel nuclear negotiations: 'We are focused on ending the war, and there are no negotiations on the nuclear issue.' Iran's foreign minister also denounced US public characterizations of the deal as a 'mixture of truth and lies.' France 24 reported that Tehran was insisting any ceasefire agreement must include a simultaneous halt to Israeli military operations in Lebanon — a condition that complicated US mediation. US Defense Secretary issued a warning that the US military was 'ready to resume combat in the Gulf if needed,' maintaining maximum pressure on Tehran even as diplomacy continued.