U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) responded to a report about Iran proposing its own amendments to a potential agreement with the United States after President Trump suggested changes to the current draft.
Based on reports from Iran’s news agency Tasnim, Reuters Middle East journalist Jana Choukeir wrote on Sunday on social media: “The exchange of texts continues and Iran will also make its own amendments to the text, and nothing is final yet,” the source said, according to Tasnim.
Choukeir added, “Tasnim added, citing the source, that Iran would judge any agreement based on a text it accepted itself and that Trump’s proposed amendments did not mean Tehran had agreed to them. It added that Iran was fully prepared for the possibility that no understanding would be reached.”
Murphy responded to Choukeir: “There is no deal FYI. The Strait will remain closed. This is terrible news but it’s the price of incompetence.”
There is no deal FYI. The Strait will remain closed. This is terrible news but it’s the price of incompetence. https://t.co/NVFuQ6N7ny
— Chris Murphy
(@ChrisMurphyCT) May 31, 2026
On Wednesday, as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Murphy will question President Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Murphy said he will press Rubio on “ending the war in Iran,” which Murphy called “an absolute disaster for the United States.”
[NOTE: Last week, while working on the wording of an agreement, the U.S. said it targeted Iranian military with “self-defense strikes” while Iran said it shot down a U.S. drone in Iranian airspace. Still, Rubio said a peace deal is still possible with the caveat: “It’s either going to be a good deal or there isn’t going to be one.”]
As seen below on Face the Nation, Murphy also addressed the impact of the U.S.-Iran war on Russia: “It’s just been a humiliation for the United States, and it’s made Iran more powerful.”
He added, “Of course, there’s an impact in Russia, as well. We’ve had to suspend sanctions on Russian oil in order to get their oil on the market, so the consequence of the Iran war is not just that Americans are dying, the prices are going up, but Russia is also getting more powerful.”
Ahead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s appearance at Wednesday’s Senate Appropriations Committee meeting, committee member Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) says the top priority of his questioning will be “ending the war in Iran,” which he called “an absolute disaster for the United… pic.twitter.com/jjqICu1l5D
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