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US President Donald Trump has said that the terms being reported regarding a possible US-Iran deal are "fake news" and have nothing to do with the terms that were agreed upon.
The US president also pointedly accused Tehran of attacking Indian ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The US killed three Indian nationals on Wednesday when it hit a ship as part of a blockade of Iranian ports.
How did we get here?
Yesterday, Trump announced his intention to invade Iran's Kharg Island, a vital part of its oil industry, and launched heavy attacks on Iran for the third consecutive night.
However, within hours, he backed down and said that an agreement had in fact been reached and the attacks had been called off.
"The discussions and final points, both in concept and in major details, have been approved by all parties involved... the time and place of the signing will be announced shortly ," Trump said last night.
Iran's Foreign Ministry said there had been agreements on a number of issues, but nothing had been finalized. It told Iranian state television:
"We have not reached a final conclusion on this issue. This is a very important issue that is currently being considered by the relevant decision-making bodies ," Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told Iranian state television.
Reports on the details of the Iran deal, were they just a wish list?
Then today, we received various reports from Iranian media about what might be included in a possible agreement, according to them.
At times, this seemed like Tehran's wish list, outlining everything it wanted without touching on any of the concessions the US would almost certainly demand in return.
Iranian media claimed that the negotiations included:
US commitments to lift sanctions on Iran, as well as withdraw forces from the entire country and end the US naval blockade;
Washington would also lift oil sanctions on Iran and release frozen funds;
Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz;
The US would present a plan to "rebuild Iran's economy";
And "final negotiations" on Tehran's nuclear program and "economic issues" would take place later, but "without discussion" on Iran's missile program.
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