Iran/Israel Updates Wed May 27

- Trump says he is not sure it would be worth signing a deal with Iran if countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait do not join the Abraham Accords with Israel. “They owe this to us.”

- Trump: The Strait is going to be open to everybody. It’s international waters. We’ll watch over it, but nobody’s going to control it. Oman will behave like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up. They understand that.

- Rubio: The bottom line is Iran is never going to have a nuclear weapon. If recent events have done anything, it’s to remind us once again that they are the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism. They can never have a nuclear weapon

- Trump: It looks like Iran wants just to make a deal. Their economy is in free fall. They have 250% inflation. Their money has no value. Their whole economic system is broken down.

- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledges that Iran retains some missiles, even after the weeks-long US-Israel bombing campaign. However, Tehran can no longer build new ones, he claims.

- Iranian news agency Fars: President Trump may unilaterally declare in the coming hours that the agreement between Iran and the US has been completed. This move by Trump is intended to apply pressure and embed the agreement in the public before all disputes are fully resolved.

- The White House denied reports in Iranian media about the details of the MOU between the parties, stating that it is a "false publication and a complete fabrication."

- Iranian television reports that an "unofficial preliminary draft" of the framework agreement with the US was achieved. No US confirmation yet

- The IDF has issued a broad evacuation notice for the ENTIRE city of Tyre and its surroundings: "Move north," the order said.

- According to the emerging MOU with the US, US forces will leave the vicinity of Iran and lift the blockade over Iran. In return, Iran will restore the situation in the Strait of Hormuz to the pre-war status, but without the passage of military vessels. The strait will be managed in cooperation between Iran and Oman

- IDF Chief of Staff Zamir: “The evil edifice of the Ayatollah regime has cracked significantly, and its future and stability are shrouded in fog. Its leaders are being pursued, most of its military capabilities have been destroyed, the nuclear program has been set back by years; its economy is collapsing, and its citizens have yet to realize the magnitude of the disaster to which their extremist leaders have led them."

 - Israeli Defense Minister Katz: The fourth commander of the military wing of the Hamas terror organization in Gaza was eliminated yesterday and sent to meet his accomplices in the depths of hell. On behalf of the Prime Minister and me, congratulations to the IDF and the Shin Bet for the brilliant execution. We pledged to eliminate everyone who led the October 7 massacre, and so we will: all of them die wherever they are.