Iran’s Fars news agency has cited “informed sources” as saying the latest comments by US President Donald Trump about a potential deal to end the Middle East war were a “mixture of truth and lies”, Reuters has reported.

“Trump claimed that Iran was obligated to open the Strait of Hormuz without tolls, even though no such clause appears in the next of the agreement,” the agency said.

On Trump’s assertion that Washington and Tehran would coordinate on destroying Iran’s enriched uranium, it added: “Well-informed sources emphasised that not only does this not appear in the memorandum of understanding, but this claim is fundamentally baseless. “

A senior Iranian source said the same to Reuters, and stated that a political understanding has been reached between Iran and the US over the Iran war, but it has not yet been finalised.