{"id":62302,"date":"2026-05-24T11:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/us-iran-peace-deal-nears-final-stages-as-netanyahu-demands-total-nuclear-dismantlement\/62302\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T11:38:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:38:28","slug":"us-iran-peace-deal-nears-final-stages-as-netanyahu-demands-total-nuclear-dismantlement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/us-iran-peace-deal-nears-final-stages-as-netanyahu-demands-total-nuclear-dismantlement\/62302\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Iran Peace Deal Nears &#8220;Final Stages&#8221; as Netanyahu Demands Total Nuclear Dismantlement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No signing ceremony is expected Sunday<\/strong>, despite reports that a peace deal to end the three-month-old conflict is &quot;largely negotiated.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><strong>The U.S. is offering significant sanctions relief<\/strong>, including oil waivers and the release of frozen assets, in exchange for Iranian concessions on <strong>nuclear enrichment<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> insists that any final agreement must include the <strong>total dismantling of enrichment facilities<\/strong> and the removal of all enriched materials from Iranian soil.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei<\/strong> has reportedly approved the broad framework, though the regime&#39;s &quot;slow&quot; approval process means a final signature remains days away.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global energy markets remain volatile<\/strong>, with Brent crude trading near <strong>$103.50<\/strong> as traders weigh the potential reopening of the <strong>Strait of Hormuz<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Trump administration and the Iranian regime have reached a critical juncture in negotiations to end the war that has upended global energy markets since February 2026. According to a senior U.S. administration official speaking to <strong>Fox News<\/strong>, the U.S. is prepared to offer <strong>concessions regarding the easing of economic sanctions<\/strong> if Tehran agrees to halt and roll back its nuclear enrichment program. While significant progress has been made, officials cautioned that a formal signing will not occur today as technical details and &quot;important formulations&quot; are still being resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister <strong>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/strong> remains a vocal critic of any deal that falls short of a total Iranian nuclear surrender. Following a high-stakes phone call with President Trump, Netanyahu stated that the two leaders agreed any final pact must lead to the <strong>removal of the nuclear threat<\/strong>. Netanyahu\u2019s &quot;red lines&quot; include the physical dismantling of all enrichment facilities and the extraction of enriched nuclear materials from Iranian territory. He also emphasized that the U.S.-Israel partnership has &quot;never been stronger,&quot; noting that Trump reaffirmed Israel\u2019s right to defend itself on all fronts, specifically mentioning <strong>Lebanon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On the diplomatic front, reports from <strong>Axios<\/strong> indicate that Iranian Supreme Leader <strong>Mojtaba Khamenei<\/strong> has granted preliminary approval for the general framework of the agreement. However, U.S. officials noted that the Iranian regime is &quot;not moving quickly,&quot; and it will likely take several days for the necessary internal approvals to be finalized in Tehran. Negotiators are currently haggling over specific phrasing and &quot;important formulations&quot; that would allow both sides to claim a domestic political victory.<\/p>\n<p>The economic stakes of these negotiations are immense, particularly for the energy and defense sectors. The ongoing maritime blockade of the <strong>Strait of Hormuz<\/strong> has pushed oil prices up by more than <strong>40%<\/strong> since the start of the year, benefiting major producers like ExxonMobil (<a href=\"\/stock\/XOM\">XOM<\/a>) and Chevron (<a href=\"\/stock\/CVX\">CVX<\/a>). Conversely, a successful peace deal could lead to a sharp correction in crude prices. Defense contractors such as Lockheed Martin (<a href=\"\/stock\/LMT\">LMT<\/a>) and RTX Corporation (<a href=\"\/stock\/RTX\">RTX<\/a>), which have seen increased demand during &quot;Operation Roaring Lion,&quot; are also being closely watched by investors as the prospect of a ceasefire looms.<\/p>\n<p>As the 30-day negotiation window approaches, the U.S. military is expected to maintain a presence &quot;in the proximity of Iran&quot; to ensure compliance with any interim memorandum of understanding. Secretary of State <strong>Marco Rubio<\/strong>, currently in India, expressed optimism that the world may receive &quot;good news&quot; in the coming hours, though he echoed the sentiment that &quot;final progress&quot; has not yet been reached. For now, the markets remain in a holding pattern, waiting for a definitive signal from either Washington or Tehran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways No signing ceremony is expected Sunday, despite reports that a peace deal to end the three-month-old conflict is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"rank_math_schema_Article":[],"rank_math_focus_keyword":[],"rank_math_description":[],"financial_data_references":[],"stock_symbols_mentioned":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5012],"tags":[298,804,1947,3757,4031,4180,4664,4824,5016],"class_list":["post-62302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","tag-cvx","tag-xom","tag-oil","tag-lmt","tag-rtx","tag-trump","tag-iran","tag-geopolitics","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}