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WASHINGTON \u2014 The effort by the U.S. and Iran to negotiate an end to the war has been defined by dramatic fits and starts and punctuated by missile strikes and naval blockades. Yet since a memorandum of understanding was brokered last weekend, the confusion has only grown.<\/p>\n

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The White House said the agreement had been signed on Sunday by Vice President JD Vance but then announced there would be another signing \u2014 this time with a ceremony \u2014 on Friday. Also on Sunday, President Donald Trump said he would \u201cfully authorize\u201d the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in what he described as a \u201ccomplete\u201d deal. But an hour later, the president said the critical waterway would open once the deal was signed on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Trump administration officials offered conflicting messages on Monday about when the text of the memorandum would be released, with some saying within the next 24 to 48 hours and others saying not until Friday.<\/p>\n

At one point, Trump said while in France for the Group of Seven summit that he might just read the text of the MOU aloud during a news conference. Instead, U.S. officials read the text on a call with reporters during Trump\u2019s news conference.<\/p>\n

Then, Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian suddenly re-signed the agreement, the U.S. leader doing so during a dinner at Versailles with French President Emmanuel Macron looking on. And now it\u2019s unclear whether there will be a signing ceremony, or further talks, at all.<\/p>\n

The lack of clarity over the proposed peace deal is only the latest murky point in the conflict since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran in February. Trump has offered shifting reasons for going to war with Iran and given different answers on what he hoped to get out of it. Both Iran and the U.S. have continued to launch strikes, even as leaders say a temporary ceasefire brokered in early April remains in place. Even the MOU differs from what Trump said he wanted out of a deal with Iran.<\/p>\n

It comes as Americans are increasingly down on Trump\u2019s handling of the war, with elevated gas prices and November\u2019s midterm elections drawing near. And even some Trump-supporting Republicans in Congress are raising concerns about the 14-point MOU as a road map to a comprehensive Iran deal.<\/p>\n

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Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., wrote on X on Wednesday that President Ronald \u201cReagan is rolling over in his grave\u201d and labeled the MOU \u201cthe worst foreign policy blunder in decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked if he\u2019s confident Iran will give up its nuclear ambitions, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said on Tuesday, \u201cUnless you were homeschooled by a day drinker, no one\u2019s confident that Iran\u2019s going to do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who has been skeptical of the U.S. negotiating with Iran, posted on X that he spoke with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and \u201cit is my opinion that signing the MOU will be beneficial to the United States, in as much as the Strait of Hormuz will begin to open, and the hostilities with Iran will stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vance said Thursday that the 60-day clock for a long-term agreement had already started. But it took hours for the U.S. to say the critical Strait of Hormuz was open, a development that the MOU stipulates should have happened immediately, though the U.S. blockade of ships coming from or going to Iranian ports was lifted after the second MOU signing, according to U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe traffic of commercial vessels will immediately start,\u201d the MOU states.<\/p>\n

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The U.S. military does not have any reports of Iranian attacks against commercial ships in the strait on Friday, according to a U.S. official. U.S. forces would continue to operate in the area to support freedom of navigation, the official said, adding: \u201cWe\u2019re not going to let commercial vessels get attacked.\u201d<\/p>\n

It also remains unclear whether the U.S. has issued sanctions waivers to allow Iran to sell its oil, which is also a provision in the MOU. \u201cThe United States of America undertakes that immediately upon the signing of this MOU, and until the termination of sanctions, U.S. Department of Treasury will issue waivers for the export of Iranian crude oil, petroleum products, and derivatives, and all associated services, including banking transactions, insurances, transportation, etc.,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n

The latest twist came on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Officials from Tehran and Washington were set to meet in Switzerland on Friday to begin 60 days of negotiating a long-term deal designed to facilitate a lasting conclusion to the war. But new Israeli strikes in Lebanon cast doubt on the deal, and the White House abruptly announced that Vance had postponed plans to travel to Switzerland for the talks.<\/p>\n

Iran asked for guarantees that hostilities in Lebanon would end, as outlined in the MOU, and mediators were working to resolve the issue, a regional diplomat told NBC News.<\/p>\n

American spy agencies believe Israel will likely continue to launch attacks on Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, potentially jeopardizing the tentative peace deal between the U.S. and Iran, according to a source with knowledge of the intelligence assessments. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and officials in his government have criticized the MOU.<\/p>\n

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Trump, meanwhile, has publicly sought to convey optimism about the MOU and the prospect of a long-term deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have our deal done with Iran,\u201d he said Tuesday during a meeting with the emir of Qatar while in France. \u201cIt goes to a second stage, which I think will be actually easier.\u201d<\/p>\n

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