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JUST IN: Trump Reveals ‘Significant Prize’ From Iran
President Trump said Iran has offered what he called a “significant prize” as talks aimed at winding down the conflict continue, revealing Thursday that Tehran “gifted” him 10 “big boats” of oil as a show of goodwill.
Trump ended two days of speculation after teasing earlier this week that Iran had offered an unspecified gift, which administration officials declined to detail at the time, citing the sensitivity of negotiations.
Speaking Thursday, Trump said the offer began with eight tankers.
“They said, ‘To show you the fact that we’re real and solid and we’re there, we’re going to let you have eight boats of oil, eight boats, eight big boats of oil.’ … That was three days ago, and I didn’t think much about it,” Trump said.
The president said he later saw reports of tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz and concluded the Iranians were following through.
“And then I watched the news, and they said… ‘there are eight boats that are going right up the middle of the Hormuz Strait, eight big tankers are going loaded up with oil right through,’” Trump said. “And I said, ‘Well, I guess they were right, and they were they were real, and I think they were Pakistani flagged.’”
Trump framed the tanker movement as proof Tehran was serious, and he described it as a turning point in how he views the negotiations.
“And I said, ‘Well, I guess we deal with the right people,’” he added.
Trump said the original offer didn’t stop at eight, claiming Iran expanded it after another exchange.
“And actually, they then apologize for something. They said, ‘We’re going to send two more boats,’ and it ended up being 10 boats.”
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The president did not specify whether the oil would be purchased, seized, transferred through intermediaries, or handled under any formal agreement, nor did he describe where the tankers were headed, who would ultimately take possession, or how the transaction would be structured under U.S. sanctions rules.
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But Trump cast the move as leverage and validation as his administration presses to reopen shipping lanes and stabilize energy markets, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining a central pressure point in the conflict.
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