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JUST IN: Progress Made on Iran Deal as Iran’s Supreme Leader Believed to be in Favor
Gateway Pundit ^ | May 24, 2026 | Jordan Conradson

Posted on 05/24/2026 9:08:08 AM PDT by Red Badger

Iran is expected to agree to a 60-day memorandum of understanding that will ultimately end the war between the US and Iran if negotiated terms are met in the coming months.

It is now being reported that after Trump’s conference call with Gulf and Arab leaders on Saturday, which Trump announced was a success, Iran’s supreme leader has approved the deal, pending additional review from Iranian leadership.

Iran has reportedly also agreed in principle to dispose of highly enriched uranium.

Vice President JD Vance, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, and Special Peace Envoy Jared Kushner are currently involved in continued negotiations, CBS’s Jennifer Jacobs reports.

Per CBS’s Jennifer Jacobs:

BREAKING: US believes Iran’s supreme leader has approved the broad template for draft deal with Iran. Iran has agreed in principle that in exchange for the US lifting blockade, Iran will agree in principle to dispose of highly enriched uranium.

This draft has to make its way through the leadership system. But US wants them to commit to dispose of HMU and commit to resolve other nuclear issues. @VP, Witkoff, Kushner involved in negotiations. US trying to involve every middle eastern ally.

VIDEO AT LINK................

Fox’s Trey Yingst reported that while a senior administration official says the deal will not be signed today, progress has been made. The official confirmed that nuclear enrichment remains a red line, and “you don’t have a final deal” if Iran continues to enrich uranium.

Senior administration official says the Iran agreement will not be signed today, but indicated progress on a deal.

“If the Iranians make significant accommodations on the enrichment question then we will make significant accommodations on sanctions relief,” the official said.

On the nuclear issue, the current plan is to deal with the entire stockpile of enriched material.

“If you have a final deal where the Iranian are enriching, then you don’t have a final deal,” the official added.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump announced the “largely negotiated” framework on Saturday.

Included in the plan is a 60-day ceasefire, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, concessions from Iran on nuclear enrichment, and Israel ending its offensive in Lebanon.

This comes after Trump held talks with Arab mediators, “concerning the Islamic Republic of Iran, and all things related to a Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to PEACE,” he said in a statement.

MORE:

VIDEO AT LINK.................

This is a developing story.

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TOPICS: Government; Iran; Israel; War
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1 posted on 05/24/2026 9:08:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Who knows anymore?


2 posted on 05/24/2026 9:08:52 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ isn’t as ‘supreme’ as everyone thinks:

” Iran’s supreme leader has approved the deal, pending additional review from Iranian leadership.”


3 posted on 05/24/2026 9:11:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: All

Enriched uranium is typically “destroyed” by down-blending it——a chemical and mechanical process that dilutes the highly enriched uranium (HEU) with natural or depleted uranium.

This lowers the concentration of the fissile isotope uranium-235, rendering the material useless for nuclear weapons while making it safe and usable for commercial nuclear reactor fuel.


4 posted on 05/24/2026 9:23:31 AM PDT by Liz (Winston Churchill: “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”)
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To: Red Badger

Sixty day resupply. 🤔🤬


5 posted on 05/24/2026 9:23:50 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: Liz

Better than needing to haul out 1000kg which I had thought was the plan. Thank you for the inforaation.
Still not putting any faith in the “deal” but we will see.


6 posted on 05/24/2026 9:25:59 AM PDT by JayGalt (A never ending battle for Truth, Justice & the American Way.)
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To: Red Badger

Start the cash shipments 2.0?


7 posted on 05/24/2026 9:45:56 AM PDT by cp124 (Bring back the Constitution.)
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To: Red Badger

I think Trump still wants to get his hands on a sample of the uranium.


8 posted on 05/24/2026 9:47:30 AM PDT by marron
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To: Red Badger

As long as they can stay in power, they will agree to give up the HEU. They will bide their time until the Democrats take over and then they will start up again, knowing there will be no consequences. They now have the know-how and can try to guard that know-how against Israeli assassination teams. In the meantime, they can track down and execute any of their own people that might even think about raising their hand against the mullahs.


9 posted on 05/24/2026 9:48:19 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: Red Badger

I doubt the Supreme Leader has much say-so on the matter, but it’s good PR for the regime to attribute the decision to him.


10 posted on 05/24/2026 9:49:50 AM PDT by marron
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To: Red Badger

I suppose receiving the approval of Iran’s leader of the Religion of Terror (the ROT of the world) is one of the conditions of the recently redefined term “unconditional surrender”.


11 posted on 05/24/2026 9:50:28 AM PDT by glennaro (2026: The year to crush the growing internal communism and jihadism in our free Republic)
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To: JayGalt

The deal gave Trump the thing he wanted most of all
to be hailed as the man who triumphed over big, bad Iran.

The deal is Iran would free up and clean up the mines in the Strait of
Hormuz, while the US would wind down its blockade of Iranian ports.


Reality check

While Trump’s 2026 blockade is considered a “tactical success” in cutting off oil tanker traffic,
it is considered by the cognoscenti as no more than a “strategic work-in-progress,” operating as a “bottleneck” rather than an impenetrable barrier.

The biggest clue is Trump’s acknowledging every major Mideast player in his announcement——knowing full well Iran has the ability to throw the global Mideast oil business into utter chaos.......
if Mr Trump didn’t play ball.


12 posted on 05/24/2026 9:55:21 AM PDT by Liz (Winston Churchill: “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.”)
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To: glennaro

Your IQ score can either be mailed to you or you can pick it up in person.


13 posted on 05/24/2026 9:58:14 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Liz

Whatever


14 posted on 05/24/2026 10:26:36 AM PDT by JayGalt (A never ending battle for Truth, Justice & the American Way.)
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To: Red Badger; lightman; Navy Patriot

Any deal that Iran’s “supreme leader” approves is a bad deal!

Freedom and Christianity for the Iranian people! No hijabs, no mullahs, no government thugs!


15 posted on 05/24/2026 10:43:09 AM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Red Badger

Big Mo put up his one good arm?


16 posted on 05/24/2026 11:44:25 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Red Badger

The “supreme” leader has been dead since end of Feb,
certainly brain dead and not running anything. Still idiot
media sucks up complete fabrication. A cardboard “leader”
at rallies. Not even a hospital photo. He’s……a dead parrot
pining for the fjords of Hormuz. Deyaid!


17 posted on 05/24/2026 2:49:04 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: dfwgator

“Iran’s supreme leader”: never heard of him. I care more about what Marvin Martian wants and it’s probably the zame thing.


18 posted on 05/25/2026 2:13:12 AM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe!)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

And they’ll get our very own Communist Demonrats to use our debt to pay for it, like they always have.


19 posted on 05/25/2026 2:17:11 AM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe!)
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