Trump Says Iran-US Memorandum Is All Signed Electronically as Strait of Hormuz Opens by Friday

US President Donald Trump said the memorandum of understanding with Iran has been “all signed” electronically, and Al Jazeera reported that the Strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” by Friday.

“US President Donald Trump has said a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran has been “all signed” electronically, and the Strait of Hormuz will be “completely open” by Friday”

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera said US officials told Reuters and AFP that the agreement was signed by Trump, US Vice President JD Vance and main Iranian negotiator and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, with Tuesday marking 109 days since the war began.

Al Jazeera

CNN reported that Iran is demanding Israel withdraw from Lebanon as part of the agreement, and it said Iran’s military warned Israel to expect a “harsh response” if it doesn’t end its campaign against Hezbollah.

CNN also reported that the US expects operations in the strait to “return to normal pretty quickly, definitely within 30 days,” once Iran commits to get rid of the mines.

France 24 reported that mediators will continue meeting ahead of an official signing ceremony on Friday in Switzerland, and it said Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posted that both sides declared an “immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”

Vance denied that the US has provided sanctions relief or unfrozen assets, telling US media that “there hasn’t been a single dollar of sanctions relief or unfrozen assets” from Washington or its allies, while Al Jazeera said a senior Iranian official told Reuters the US agreed to release $25bn of Iran’s frozen assets.

CNN reported that Trump vowed to publicly release the text of the agreement “in a couple of days,” and it said he also floated reciting the document in front of cameras and sending it to Congress for review.

BBC

BBC reported that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said the “fight is not over” and Israel has to “remain vigilant,” including remaining in a “buffer zone” Israel created in southern Lebanon.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters threatened retaliation, warning that if Israel does not halt its attacks in southern Lebanon it should expect a “harsh response” from the Islamic republic.

France 24 reported that Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli military would remain “indefinitely” in areas it captured in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip, and it said Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called for a complete halt to Israeli attacks against Lebanon.

CNN reported that the Trump administration wants Iran to clear the mines it is said to have placed in the Strait of Hormuz, and it quoted Scott Savitz, a senior engineer at RAND, saying Iran is “very good at mining, but mining countermeasures is a fundamentally different kind of operation.”

“• G7 summit: World leaders have gathered at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, where discussions about US President Donald Trump’s agreement with Iran have been “frank,” sources say”

CNN

CNN also reported that a senior US administration official said the US expects operations in the strait to “return to normal pretty quickly, definitely within 30 days,” and it said the US “could help them with the disposition” of mines if Iranians are “not moving quick enough.”

France 24 said both sides have said negotiations on Iran’s nuclear ambitions and US sanctions on Iran will be conducted over the following 60 days, and it reported that the Strait of Hormuz would start to reopen and the US blockade on Iranian ports start to lift as soon as the memorandum is signed.

Al Jazeera reported that Iran’s National Security Council said the deal ends fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon, and lifts the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, while it also said Vance described the MoU as a “general document” which is about “a page and a half.”

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said the sanctions waiver would cover banking, transportation, and insurance services needed to facilitate oil and fuel sales, and it reported that the provisions would take effect immediately once the MOU is signed.