WASHINGTON, Jun 12:US President Donald Trump denied on Friday that the United States has made major concessions to Iran and a senior US official called an emerging pact "performance-based" with Tehran getting no frozen assets until its part of the agreement is fulfilled.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said Iran's leaked comments on a deal with the United States do not represent what has been agreed to in writing.
"What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith. Amazing!" he wrote on Truth Social.
Iran's version of the deal as outlined by the IRNA news agency said the United States will release part of Iran's frozen assets immediately after the deal is signed with the remainder freed gradually during further negotiations.
It says Iran's nuclear program remains untouched.
The senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that under the agreement Iran's nuclear material "will be destroyed and removed" and its nuclear program will be dismantled.
Iran is believed to possess 900 pounds (408 kg) of highly enriched uranium.
"None of their money released until they perform. Strait of Hormuz will be open. No Iran funding of terrorist groups," the official said.
"This is what they have agreed to. This is a performance-based deal," the official said.
Trump said on Thursday he was calling off new strikes on Iran because a deal had been reached.
Terms of the deal as described on Friday by Iranian officials appear to offer Tehran much of what it has demanded so far, with Trump appearing to win little of what he has sought, beyond the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran shut after he ordered attacks in February.
President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States and Iran could sign a peace deal as soon as this weekend that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Nuclear issues would be set aside for later talks. Washington wants a deal to ensure that Iran never develops a nuclear weapon. Iran says it is not seeking one.
The waiving of sanctions, unfreezing of Iranian assets and halt to Israeli attacks on Lebanon are essential Iranian demands. The source made no mention of what Iran might offer in return.
AFP adds, Iran said Friday it had not yet reached a final agreement with the United States to end months of conflict in the Middle East, despite President Donald Trump claiming a deal was imminent and cancelling threatened new strikes on the Islamic republic.
Trump's remarks fueled a stock market rally and sent oil prices sharply lower, reviving hopes that a war triggered by US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 could soon come to an end.
Claiming that negotiations had been "brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved," Trump said he had cancelled planned military action against Iran and that a signing ceremony could take place within days.
"Time and place of the signing to be announced shortly," Trump said, adding that the arrangement had been approved "in both concept and great detail" by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel and regional allies.
But Tehran swiftly pushed back.
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Iran "had not reached a final conclusion on the agreement," adding that while most of the text had been finalized, "the problem began when the US side made new demands and changed its positions."
Iranian state media also insisted that key issues remained unresolved, particularly Tehran's right to enrich uranium and its control over the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
"Issues such as Iran's right to enrich uranium and the retention of enriched material by the Islamic Republic of Iran will be emphasised with a view to their inclusion in the final agreement," IRNA reported.
"As long as I am the Prime Minister of Israel, Iran will not have nuclear weapons," Netanyahu reiterated on Friday."AGENCIES
