Trump Seeks Changes to Iran Deal Draft Negotiated by Envoys; Iranian State Media Claims Billions in Frozen Funds
President Donald Trump is seeking changes to the Iran deal draft negotiated by US envoys, according to an Axios report on Saturday. Iranian state media says the deal nears completion and claims Tehran would receive billions in frozen funds under the framework. The proposed 60-day ceasefire extension would reopen the Strait of Hormuz with no tolls, lift the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, allow Iran to sell oil freely under sanctions waivers, and start new nuclear-programme talks. Trump left a two-hour meeting with senior aides at the White House Friday without a “final determination” on the proposed framework.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said publicly on Friday that the deal is “in sight”; Vice President J.D. Vance said it is “still TBD” whether Trump will sign. An unnamed Iranian official told reporters that concessions to the United States come “through missiles”. The Iranian-state-media framing — that Tehran receives billions in frozen funds under the deal — is the highest-level Iranian public commitment to the framework architecture to date. The Trump request for changes is the operational pivot point: if the changes are cosmetic, a signed deal is likely within 24-72 hours; if substantive, a renegotiation could extend the limbo to mid-week. Sunday Asia futures and the Monday London open will price the probability assigned to a signed deal by Sunday evening.