A memorandum between the United States and Iran to halt the war in the Gulf could be signed as soon as Sunday (Jun 14), a Western source told Reuters on Friday, with Geneva emerging as the likeliest venue.
The source said language in the memorandum was still being finalised and Iran was sticking to its position that the deal must also end fighting in Lebanon, where Israel has been battling against the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia.he aim was to finalise the wording by Saturday so the agreement could be signed by US Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf. No venue had been established but Geneva was emerging as the likeliest.
Trump said on Thursday he was calling off new strikes on Iran because the deal was now ready.
“We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran,” Trump told reporters in the White House on Thursday.
But the terms of the deal as described on Friday by Iranian officials appear to offer Tehran much of what it has demanded so far, with Trump appearing to win little of what he has sought, beyond the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran shut after he ordered attacks in February.
A senior Iranian source told Reuters on Friday that the draft would waive sanctions on Iran’s oil, unfreeze billions of dollars of its funds, and require a cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon.
The US president said on Friday morning that “the terms that Iran leaked” had nothing to do with the terms that were agreed to in writing. “What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth,” he said on Truth Social.
In his post, Trump also called Iran’s drone attack against Indian ships leaving the Strait of Hormuz “totally unacceptable”.
