Trump Says Iran Accord to Be Signed 'Shortly', 'Maybe' Thursday or Friday
The deal would ease some sanctions and set limits on Iran’s enriched uranium, while also protecting Lebanon’s territorial integrity and Strait of Hormuz transit.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced at the G7 summit in France that the accord with Iran, reached on Sunday, will be signed shortly without specifying an exact date.
- The memorandum of understanding mandates negotiating a final agreement within 60 days and ending the naval blockade within 30 days, while establishing new uranium downblending thresholds for Iran.
- Iranian ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei stated that maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz will be restored to normal, managed exclusively by Iran and Oman without outside intervention.
- Officials are considering a signing ceremony featuring President Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian instead of Vice President Vance and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as originally planned.
- Trump warned he is prepared to "bomb the hell" out of Iran if they violate the agreement, while recalling the 2020 strike that killed Qassem Soleimani and 155 deaths in Minab.
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The US and Iranian delegations are expected this Friday in Lucerne, Switzerland, to start negotiations on the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. At the heart of the discussions, the reopening of the Strait of Ormuz and the issue of Iranian nuclear power.
The Tehran Ministry of Foreign Affairs today stated that it is considering a plan for the presidents of the United States and Iran to sign the protocol of agreement that seeks to end the war in the Middle East, at a meeting scheduled in Switzerland. "So far, our plans for the meeting" planned in Switzerland on Friday "have not changed" and "as to the signing of the memorandum of understanding, one of the ideas is that it should be carried out by…
Earlier, however, Iran had announced that the text of the agreement would be signed by its leader Mohammad Ghalibaf and US Vice President J.D. Vance.
Trump and Pezeshkian to sign historic peace deal? Tehran drops biggest hint
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and his US counterpart could sign the agreement, raising the possibility of the two leaders personally endorsing the deal.
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