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MOU takes effect
The US and Iran agreement is now in effect, the White House tells the BBC, kick-starting an extendable 60-day period for the US and Iran to come to a more final deal.
Donald Trump said the US agreement with Iran will be signed "shortly" and warned that the US could resume attacks if the agreement doesn't work out, adding, "If they don't behave, we'll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head, OK?"
CBS News reported a White House official confirmed the US and Iran had signed the memorandum remotely and that it was now "in effect," implementing a 60-day ceasefire in the Iran war.
The BBC said the 14-paragraph agreement declares the "immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon" and commits the US and Iran to negotiating and achieving the final deal in maximum 60 days, extendable with mutual consent.
The BBC also reported that Iran's parliamentary speaker and key negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who agreed the deal with the Trump administration, told state media his distrust of the US remained, and Iran's "finger is on the trigger."
G7 backing, Lebanon fight
At the G7 summit in France, Trump said the US would "bomb the hell" out of Iran if it didn't abide by the terms of the deal, while the BBC said the agreement leaves key questions around Iran’s nuclear programme to the final negotiations.
The Guardian reported that G7 leaders backed the tentative US-Iran deal to open the strait of Hormuz and extend a ceasefire, with French President Emmanuel Macron calling it a "very good deal".
CNN reported that the agreement ends the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, where Israel has continued to carry out strikes, and it said the text states Tehran will "not procure or develop nuclear weapons".
Foreign Policy said Trump told reporters at the G-7 leaders’ summit in the French Alps, "If [a final deal] doesn’t get done in 60 days, that’s all right. We go back to bombing."
Foreign Policy also reported that Trump said, "I think they could do better with respect to Hezbollah," and that he told reporters, "Missiles aren’t the problem. Missiles, they hurt a little location, but they don’t blow up the planet."
Nuclear policing and sanctions
The BBC said senior US officials revealed the contents of the memorandum of understanding, including that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon and that Iran's enriched uranium will be "down-blended" on site under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Guardian said Iran committed to destroying its enriched uranium stockpile at minimum through down-blending under IAEA supervision and described it as a concession officials called “a major, major win,” while also reporting that the strait of Hormuz is set to reopen for toll-free commercial passage within 30 days.
Fox News quoted Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan saying the most critical issue is how Iran's nuclear programme will be policed, adding, "The detail will matter," and warning that it will be "most important to see the verification mechanisms" beyond uranium enrichment commitments.
NBC News reported that Nikki Haley wrote on X, "There should be zero sanctions relief day one," and that Steve Bannon said, "Keep the sanctions, because if we lose that, it will take forever to get back," as Republicans argued over the deal’s economic terms.
The Guardian said both sides have 60 days to reach a final deal to be endorsed by a binding UN security council resolution, and it reported that senior US officials said they would know within “days or weeks, not months” if Iran was stalling and would tighten economic pressure if talks broke down.
