Trump Has a New Iran Disaster to Deal With: The Memorandum of Understanding Has Expired and Tehran Is Over It
Tehran says renewed hostilities and U.S. sanctions efforts have voided the talks deadline as Washington keeps pressure on Iranian ports and Strait of Hormuz traffic.
- The 60-day memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran officially expires on Monday without a new agreement, with Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei calling the deadline "irrelevant" given renewed hostilities.
- Fighting restarted last month, causing the ceasefire to collapse despite earlier hopes for resolution. Tensions remain centered on the Strait of Hormuz, where the U.S. maintains a naval blockade and Iran continues to restrict maritime traffic.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced last week the U.S. will apply economic measures "that have never been seen on Iran." President Donald Trump added, "Economically, they are a mess. We control their money...I'm their banker."
- Brigadier General Yadollah Javani, head of the political bureau of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps , stated on Monday that the Strait of Hormuz will only fully reopen when Washington implements commitments from the June memorandum.
- Iranian officials have warned opponents to expect "strategic surprises" if the U.S. targets civilian infrastructure. The IRGC has reinforced coastal territories with rapid-response units to prevent foreign troops from landing on Iranian soil.
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Last Monday, the 60-day deadline set by the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, known as the Islamabad Understanding, ended without the implementation of one of its 14-point items, and no final agreement or joint declaration on the extension of the memorandum.
This article was first published on Cedarnews.net. For more news and exclusive reports, visit our website. Getty Images. After the expiration of the 60-day deadline set by the US-Iranian understanding, Washington and Tehran do not appear any closer to a final settlement. In fact, their relationship has entered a more tense phase, characterized by political and economic pressures coinciding with direct military threats and movements related to th…
What Iran and the US previously agreed to in the memorandum of understanding
Iran’s parliament speaker and key negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, issued a list of demands today in exchange for Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz. He also called on the US to implement the “other terms” Washington committed to as part of the memorandum of understanding, which expired yesterday. Here’s a look at what Iran and the US previously agreed to: Military operations Washington and Tehran agreed on the “immediate and permanent …
The deadline resulting from the agreement signed on 17 June ended this Monday, 17 August, without a definitive peace treaty having been reached. Tehran devalued the end of the deadline considering it irrelevant and stated that the practical negotiations have never made any clear progress, due to alleged US violations of the agreed terms. But a high representative of the Iranian regime and responsible for the Revolutionary Guard of Iran stated th…
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Following the signing of the memorandum of understanding by US President Donald Trump with Iran in mid-June, Washington had anticipated that the arrangement would facilitate the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and initiate a wind-down of the conflict.
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