Senate rejects bid to limit Trump's Iran war powers

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded congressional briefings on the US agreement with Iran, including for the top congressional leaders known as the Gang of Eight.

“We’ve been told dozens of times that this war is over, dozens of times that prove to be a lie. It’s been two days since Trump claimed he had reached the peace deal, quote unquote, with Iran, but he still hasn’t released any details at all of this so-called deal. The American people need this war to end,” he said.

Schumer also called on President Donald Trump to “immediately tell the American people on whatever is in his so-called deal."

Vice President JD Vance said the United States has not released the text of its memorandum of understanding with Iran because officials needed to “sequence this in the right way.”

“There are some delicate diplomatic things going on where the Iranians, and not just the Iranians, but some of our mediators — the Pakistanis and the Qataris — have asked us to sequence this in the right way,” Vance told the Megyn Kelly show.

Vance said he did not “fully understand” the reasoning behind the secrecy, but added that “there are sensitivities that exist in the Arab and Muslim world that we’re trying to be responsive to.”

The report listed the main clauses as follows:

1. Iran, the United States and their allies would stop hostilities, including in Lebanon.
2. Iran reaffirmed its commitment not to develop or acquire nuclear weapons.
3. The United States and Iran committed to resolving the issue of removing Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile.
4. The United States and Iran would discuss enrichment and Iran’s nuclear needs.
5. Iran would maintain the status quo in its nuclear program as long as negotiations continue.
6. The United States would lift the naval blockade, refrain from imposing new sanctions and not reinforce its forces in the region during negotiations on the final agreement.
7. Iran would make the necessary arrangements to ensure safe passage for commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, free of charge, for 60 days.
8. The United States committed to making frozen Iranian assets available for use once the memorandum of understanding is implemented.
9. If a final agreement is reached, the United States would withdraw its forces within 30 days and cancel all sanctions on Iran.
10. Any final agreement would include a plan to establish a $300 billion fund for Iran’s reconstruction.
11. Washington would grant Tehran temporary sanctions waivers to sell oil during the negotiations.
12. Negotiations will be held between Iran and Oman with the participation of [Persian] Gulf policy to define "arrangements regarding shipping and maritime services"

Pope Leo praised the interim deal between the United States and Iran to end the regional war in the Middle East, saying “thanks be to God” that the two powers were set to formalize their accord on Friday.

“There will still be several points to settle, but it is always better to do so through dialogue, through negotiations, and not by returning to war,” Leo told journalists outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.

“I hope that it truly is a solution to the war, that the war really is over, and that we can move forward,” he said.

The head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee said Washington must prove its commitment to the Iran-US memorandum of understanding by ending the war against Lebanon and upholding every clause of the agreement.

“Any breach will be met with a decisive, crushing response,” Ebrahim Azizi wrote on X.

“The era of unilateral imposition against Iranians is over,” he added.