Unsatisfied with negotiations, Trump threatens 'we'll get the job done' / Iran issues warning on Hormuz and 'graveyard for aggressors'

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he is not yet satisfied with the looming Iran deal, adding that the US is not discussing easing sanctions against Tehran, Reuters reports.

During a press conference organized on the occasion of a meeting of the cabinet at the White House, Trump insisted that Iran wants to conclude a peace agreement.

“Iran is very determined, very eager to get a deal done. So far they haven't gotten there … we're not happy with the situation, but we will be. We're either going to get a deal or we're just going to have to get the job done,” the Republican president said.

He added that under a potential framework agreement with Tehran, the Strait of Hormuz would open immediately, but that this vital waterway for the global economy would no longer be controlled by anyone.

“We're going to monitor the area, but nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiations we're having. They (the Iranians, no) would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters, and Oman is going to behave like everybody else, or we're going to have to blow them up,” Trump said, apparently confusing Iran with Oman.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Trump's statement on Oman. The Omani embassy in Washington also did not respond to a similar request.

Trump also said he was uncomfortable with the idea of ​​Russia or China taking over Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium, a major point of contention standing in the way of a deal with Tehran.

Iran's warning

Earlier on Wednesday, the Iranian authorities warned that access through the Strait of Hormuz, currently blocked, “will not be like before” and that, for this reason, they initiated negotiations with Oman, another country bordering this strategic maritime route, EFE and Agerpres agencies wrote.

“Undoubtedly, the conditions and regulations regarding transit through the Strait of Hormuz will not be the same as before. A completely different procedure will be established,” Ali Beghani Kani, undersecretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told an international forum in Moscow.

“Iran and Oman, as riparian countries, are conducting negotiations to establish the mechanism of passage through the Strait of Hormuz,” the Iranian official was quoted as saying by the Russian Interfax news agency.

Beghani confirmed that he was currently continuing “indirect contacts” with the US, although, he added, “no agreement has been reached yet.”

Russia on Wednesday pressed ahead with its proposal to stockpile the Islamic Republic's enriched uranium, but the Iranian official said Tehran and Washington were not currently discussing the stockpiles.

The US and Iran have stepped up contacts in recent days and are finalizing the details of an agreement that could end the war.

The head of Iran's negotiating team, Mohamad Baqer Qalibaf, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi are in Qatar to discuss the deal, which, according to Iranian media, would include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting sanctions against Iran, but would leave the nuclear issue for a later stage.

Tehran considers a resumption of war unlikely

Also on Wednesday, Iran estimated the resumption of hostilities with the US as unlikely, despite the recent US strikes, and amid diplomatic negotiations aimed at ending the conflict in a sustainable way, AFP reported.

Meanwhile, in a further step towards a return to normalcy, internet access has been partially restored in Iran, according to the cybersecurity watchdog NetBlocks. Air traffic has also been fully resumed at ten airports in the country.

If the guns were all but silenced on April 8 after nearly a month of Israeli-American strikes that left thousands dead, negotiations have been stalling ever since. And Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz continues, driving up the price of oil, as do the exchange of threats.

“The probability of a war is low because of the weakness of the enemy,” Mohammad Akbarzadeh, a senior official in the Guardian's naval forces, was quoted as saying by the Tasnim news agency. But “the armed forces are on high alert, with loaded chargers”, he added, vowing to turn the area from east to west of the Gulf into a “cemetery for aggressors”.

On Tuesday, the Islamic Republic had already threatened to retaliate against any “malign action”, accusing Washington of violating the ceasefire in the south of the country.

The US Middle East Command (Centcom) previously announced that it struck Iran's missile launch sites and mine-laying vessels in the Strait of Hormuz overnight.

Iran has not officially confirmed the information, but state media reported explosions in the port city of Bandar Abbas.

In the context in which Muslim countries celebrate Aid-Aldha, the major holiday of Islam, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian supported on this occasion a message against the “tyrants of our age”.

On Wednesday, the price of oil fell again, and European stock markets opened slightly higher.

If the markets' enthusiasm has faded again after the positive signals over the weekend, “there remains an air of cautious optimism about the signing of a protocol of agreement between the US and Iran”, commented Chris Weston, head of research at the broker Pepperstone.

Washington, which suspects Tehran of wanting to develop atomic weapons, is demanding the destruction of the stockpile of highly enriched uranium, the fate of which is unknown after previous strikes in June 2025.