Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (June 15) said an agreement with Iran has been signed and that the text of the deal would be released sometime after a formal signing on Friday, adding that the Strait of Hormuz would also be fully open.
Speaking alongside French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of this week’s G7 meeting in France, Trump said he did not know if he would attend the Friday ceremony expected in Geneva, but that U.S. Vice President JD Vance would be there.
“The deal’s all signed. And the strait is already partially opened, as you know,” Trump told reporters shortly after arriving in Evian, France. “On Friday, it’ll be completely open.”
Vance earlier on Monday said the agreement had been signed digitally on Sunday and that no funds were released.
Asked when the text of the memorandum of understanding would be made public, Trump said: “Probably pretty soon. I would say after sometime after Friday… I think sometime in the very near future.”
Trump said any sanctions relief for Tehran was “really a behavioural thing. If they do what they’re supposed to do, that starts taking effect.”
While still a framework, the deal marked the biggest breakthrough toward resolving the conflict that has killed thousands and upended energy markets since it began with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February.
The MOU will provide a structure for how the U.S.-Iran relationship will operate in the future, said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity in a briefing with reporters, emphasizing that any benefits to Iran such as sanctions relief and release of Tehran’s frozen funds would only come based on their willingness to work with Washington on their nuclear program and not fund what the U.S. official described as “radicalism” in the region.
