Did Trump oversell a broken Iran ceasefire deal?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
US President Donald Trump claimed a deal with Iran was “largely negotiated”, before later saying talks were still ongoing. A draft US-Iran memorandum of understanding has sparked backlash in Washington, alarm in Israel and fresh questions over sanctions, nuclear talks and the shaky ceasefire. So how close are the two sides to a real agreement?
In this episode:
- Ali Hashem (@alihashem), Al Jazeera Senior Correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by David Enders and Sarí el-Khalili with Catherine Nouhan, Tuleen Barakat, and our guest host, Kevin Hirten. It was edited by Tamara Khandaker.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, inside the shaky ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran. |
| 0:16.0 | Iran says a framework deal with the United States currently exists, but it does not include the nuclear issue, |
| 0:22.9 | nor does it cover management of the Strait of Hormuz, |
| 0:25.7 | which Tehran has insisted that it has the right to oversee. |
| 0:30.7 | Did U.S. officials this weekend oversell progress in talks between the two countries? |
| 0:38.7 | I'm Kevin Horton, and this is the take. |
| 0:48.6 | Before we continue with today's show, |
| 0:50.6 | remember to leave us a comment telling us what you think about this episode. |
| 0:53.8 | Do you think peace is on the horizon? Do you think there's a possibility that the Strait of Hormuz |
| 0:58.2 | opens shortly? And remember, if you're on your favorite podcast app, leave us a review and a five-star |
| 1:03.6 | rating. It really does help the show. I'm Ali Hashem. I'm a reporter with Al Jazeera. |
| 1:12.2 | I covered the latest war in Iran. |
| 1:14.6 | I've been covering Iran, the region for the past couple of decades. |
| 1:20.2 | Wow, Ali, you set off a bit of a firestorm, political firestorm this weekend, |
| 1:26.0 | and I just want to run through the timeline of events with you. |
| 1:31.7 | You are reporting on air some of the details of a draft memorandum of understanding, an MOU, between the U.S. and Iran, that would end hostilities and set up this roadmap for further nuclear talks. |
| 1:45.6 | President Donald Trump posts that a deal had been largely negotiated. |
| 1:50.2 | In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump says he had a very good call with regional and gulf leaders, |
| 1:56.1 | including a separate call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. |
| 1:59.9 | He also says a memorandum of understanding |
| 2:02.4 | pertaining to peace in capital letters was also discussed. Which triggered a huge backlash in all the |
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