When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.-Shunryu Suzuki
*I do all my own stuntwork*
Flying under the radar due to other news, but two of the UK's highest-ranking defence officials, the Armed Forces Minister and Defence Secretary, quit today over the chronic underfunding of the British military.
BREAKING: Iran rejects today's Axios report claiming a US-Iran deal or MOU has been reached, saying "Axios is fake news" and Iran "will not sign any agreement that does not align with our interests," explicitly rejecting the current deal terms. Iran also does not accept the proposed 60 day ceasefire extension due to continued violations of it and will "respond to any further violation of the ceasefire," per two members inside the negotiations.
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has also not approved or agreed to the proposed agreement and terms.
BREAKING: President Trump says an agreement with Iran has been “largely negotiated” and will be announced shortly.
Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened under the agreement.
BREAKING: Iran's Fars News says the Strait of Hormuz will remain under Iran's management contrary to President Trump's announcement.
Just one hour ago, President Trump said a deal with Iran will be "announced shortly" which would reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
NEW: Iran has formally submitted its final response to the US proposal via Pakistan, with the negotiations focused solely on ending the war, per IRNA.
Nuclear is completely off the table, with Iran having drawn that line in April, when Tehran said nuclear issues could only be addressed in a separate agreement after the war ends.
Trump has insisted the war will not end without a nuclear deal, threatening Iran Thursday evening with nuclear holocaust, "one big glow coming out of Iran," if Iran refuses to sign this current proposal.
NEW: A senior Iranian MP directly calls the Axios report on the US-Iran agreement "more an American wish list than reality," with Iran rejecting several clauses of the US peace memorandum as "unacceptable."
Iran says the Axios report is speculation and that Axios serves as a tool for White House market manipulation, that Iran has heavily rejected such proposals in recent days, and that current discussions are about ending the war, not the nuclear issue, which will make any deal impossible as long as the US demands to discuss nuclear.
Trump also told the NY Post it is "too soon" to prepare for an Iran peace signing, with Israel being not even aware of the proposal and is ready to resume fighting.