Details began to emerge on Tuesday of the U.S. and Iran's interim deal to end the war in the Middle East, with Donald Trump saying ​it will rule out a nuclear weapon for Tehran and a U.S. official saying it allows Iran to sell oil upon signing.

The interim deal is set to extend a tenuous ceasefire announced in April by another ‌60 days and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively blocked since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in February.
The U.S. president said the text of the deal states clearly that Tehran will not have a nuclear weapon, and the full agreement would be made public in a formal setting in a few days.

Speaking at the G7 meetings in France, Trump added that he liked the idea of sending the Iran deal to Congress for review, a request by some Republican lawmakers.
 
A senior U.S. official said the deal allows Iran to immediately begin selling oil ​and fuel, and included banking, transportation and insurance services to facilitate the sales.
 
The official added the agreement has conditions.

"Iran can only access any benefits of the MOU if they abide by all of the points they ​agreed to – including no nuclear weapon, neutralizing its enriched material, and not interfering with the free flow of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz."

DIFFICULT TALKS PENDING

Negotiators will address difficult issues ⁠like the future of Iran's nuclear programme during the next phase of talks, which Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said would start in Switzerland on Friday after the signing of the framework deal.
 
Two other issues that Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ​used to justify the war - ending Iran's support for regional armed proxies and curbing its missile programme - are not thought to be on the agenda for those negotiations.

"Iran wants to get it done," Trump told reporters about the next phase of ​negotiations with Iran. "They have to get back to business, and the relationship is now normalized, so I think it's going to go pretty quickly." Earlier he described the deal as "a wall to a nuclear weapon" for Iran.

Vice President JD Vance and Iran's top negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf are expected to attend Friday's formal signing.