No deal had been reached with the U.S. as of Thursday, a senior Iranian source told Reuters, while also claiming gaps had narrowed.
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Iran has been reviewing the latest peace proposal from Trump as he warned that further military action remains on the table.
Meanwhile, in DC, Republicans were met with growing opposition as they struggled to find votes to dismiss legislation that would force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Iran war.
On Thursday, the House scheduled a vote on a war powers resolution, but when the GOP were not able to shore up numbers to reject the bill, Republicans declined to vote on it.
Nearly three months since the war began with U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Feb. 28, Iran maintains a chokehold on the strait, while the U.S. military has enforced its blockade on Iran’s ports as well as Iranian-linked ships that are far away from the Middle East.
Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) /
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Here’s the latest from Friday:
Latest numbers from CENTCOM
9:46 a.m. ET: As of Friday, May 22, the U.S. Navy’s blockade of Iranian-flagged vessels has turned around 97 ships and disabled another four to ensure compliance.
Rubio: ‘Slight progress’ has been made toward Iran deal
9:29 a.m. ET: Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke Friday morning to reporters, saying “slight progress” has been made toward a deal with Iran.
Rubio again reiterated, Iran “can never have a nuclear weapon.”
“I know it’s early still in the United States, a little later in the region, in the Middle East, but we await word on those conversations that are ongoing,” Rubio said. “There’s been some slight progress, I don’t want to exaggerate it, but there’s been a little bit of movement, and that’s good,” Rubio said.
Nikki Haley believes Iran is ‘stalling’
6:30 a.m. ET: Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley posted on social media comments about Iran’s position in bargaining with the United States.
“Iran is stalling because it doesn’t want a deal,” Haley said in a post on X. “It wants a nuclear weapon to threaten Israel, America, and the world.”
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