Svmuu News According to Axios, if President Trump had accepted the terms negotiated by his team last month, he could have reached a preliminary agreement with Iran by the end of May. However, after a White House Situation Room meeting on May 29, Trump decided to put forward two additional modifications to Iran, including: Iran must begin diluting its enriched uranium stockpile within 60 days; and Iran must pledge not to impose any transit fees on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz. In exchange, Trump is willing to accept the dilution of enriched uranium being carried out inside Iran under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). According to sources and US officials, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi told mediators and the US that he would need four to five days to obtain a response, but this ultimately turned into nearly two weeks of waiting. During this period, Trump grew increasingly frustrated as the media continued to report on the failure to deliver his promised agreement, with some coverage even carrying a mocking tone. At the same time, US hardliners on Iran also criticized him for being too soft on Tehran. Worse still, Iran indicated both publicly and privately that it wants some of its frozen assets to be unfrozen first, while Trump insists that Iran must fulfill its obligations under the agreement first. (Jin Shi)