Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump says a potential agreement

involving Iran has been, quote, largely negotiated. But as NPR's Jaina Rafe reports, there are

indications from Tehran of major disagreements over key issues. President Trump says reopening

the Strait of Hormuz is now largely negotiated with Iran.

But Iran's semi-official forest news agency says that's not the case. It says a possible initial

understanding between the U.S. and Iran would lift U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil while negotiations continue. And after that, it says U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil while negotiations continue.

And after that, it says U.S. military forces would need to withdraw from the strait,

while Iran would still retain control over access.

The initial agreement would end the war by agreeing to a halt on attacks by both sides.

But more controversially, because of Israeli opposition,

the First News Agency says Iran also still insists

on an end to the war in Lebanon at the same time.

Jane Arraf, NPR News, Beirut.

A failed execution in Tennessee is prompting calls for a pause on lethal ejections.

Tony Gonzalez with Member Station WPLN reports the state has three executions scheduled this year, but legal challenges are underway.

Federal public defenders are pushing for a moratorium on lethal injections in Tennessee to allow legal challenges to be heard.

They also want to probe into the protocol and qualifications of those involved. Last week, witnesses described

more than an hour of painful attempts as a doctor failed to access a vein for the lethal

injection of Tony Carruthers. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee gave Carruthers a reprieve for the rest of

the year. Lee halted executions in 2022.

An investigation found the state failed to test its lethal drugs or follow its own rules.

The protocol was rewritten and the state has since executed three men.

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