Iran MOU was signed on Wednesday by Trump and Iran president, US official says
US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war with Iran, a US official told Reuters.
The memo had been signed digitally on Sunday by Vice President JD Vance and Iran's chief negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and witnessed by Trump, the official said.
Iran confirms it has signed deal with US, says foreign ministry spokesman
Trump has signed Iran deal, says US official
US President Donald Trump has signed a deal with Iran to end the Middle East war, a US official told AFP on Wednesday after Axios reported that the signing took place during a dinner with France's president.
"Can confirm the signing," the official said when asked about the report that Trump personally signed a copy during dinner with Macron at the Palace of Versailles following a G7 summit.
Iran says will charge ships crossing Strait of Hormuz after 60 days
Iran's chief negotiator on Wednesday repeated Tehran would charge ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz after a 60-day fee-free period stipulated in a memorandum of understanding with the US.
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said in an interview aired on state television that the "Strait of Hormuz will not return to pre-war conditions", adding: "Iran has the right to sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and of course we will receive a fee for services."
Iranian chief negotiator says deal is 'record of US failure'
Iran's chief negotiator said the deal with Washington to end the Middle East war after more than three months was a "failure" for the United States.
"The agreement is a record of US failure. People will see it and judge," Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on state TV late Wednesday after the text was released by both sides.
Israel's special relationship with US 'seems to have melted into a pretty bad break-up'
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in the fight against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, his latest public rebuke to his partner in the war on Iran. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky explains that the Israeli-American "special relationship" "seems to have melted into a pretty bad break-up over the last few days".
US, allies to make plan for $300 billion Iran reconstruction fund
Iran could get access to a $300 billion reconstruction fund under a deal with the United States, US officials said Wednesday as they released the text, while insisting that Washington was under no commitment to contribute.Tehran would also be allowed to resume oil sales as soon as the agreement is signed this week, while all sanctions would be lifted if a final deal is reached after a 60-day negotiation period. FRANCE 24's Caitlin Brown reports.
US military to stay in Gulf region 'for a while', Trump says
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States will leave its military in the Gulf "for a while" after Washington struck a deal with Tehran to end its nearly four-month conflict in the region.
While speaking to reporters in Paris, Trump added that if other countries have ballistic missiles, it is "a little bit unfair" for Iran to have none.
Iran's official news agency also releases text of interim agreement
US draft of Iran agreement only secures toll-free passage of Strait of Hormuz for 60 days
Iran suggests deal with US may be signed by American and Iranian presidents
The Iranian Foreign Ministry suggested late Wednesday that the deal with the United States could be signed by Presidents Donald Trump and Masoud Pezeshkian.
Such an signing ceremony would represent a major step for the two countries, which saw diplomatic relations break off in 1980 over the U.S. Embassy hostage crisis in Tehran.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei, quoted by Iranian state television, made the comment. Pezeshkian became president on a promise of seeking better relations with the West.
However, he’s been sidelined for months after Iran’s mass killing of protesters in January and in the war as hard-liners have taken over the levers of the country’s theocracy.
US officials release text of Iran deal
US says Iran commits to dilute enriched uranium under deal
US officials on Wednesday released the text of an agreement with Iran to end the Middle East war, under which they said Tehran would agree to dilute its enriched uranium stockpile.
The two countries said they would discuss a mechanism for dealing with Iran's stocks "with the minimum methodology to be down-blending on site under the supervision of the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)," a senior administration official said, reading out the wording.
'Nobody' attacked Iran girls' school 'on purpose', US president says
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that "nobody" purposefully attacked a girls' school in Iran in February, citing an investigation into the incident.
"That's under investigation," Trump said at a press conference on the sidelines of the Group of Seven conference in Evian-les-Bains, France, adding that mistakes are made in war.
"Nobody did that on purpose."
Netanyahu could use 'softer touch' in Lebanon, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use a "softer touch" in Lebanon in comments made at the close of a G7 summit in France.
Netanyahu and Trump have repeatedly clashed over Israel's refusal to constrain its pursuit of Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, where a cessation of hostilities is a key Iranian demand.
"Netanyahu happens to be a good man, gets a little excited sometimes," Trump told reporters on Wednesday.
"We have a little dispute over Lebanon. I say you can do a little softer touch, Bibi. You don't have to knock down a building every time somebody walks into it that's from Hezbollah." Trump added that he agreed with the description of Israel as being "the very small partner" of the United States.
Trump thanks Russia's Putin and China's Xi for remaining 'neutral' on Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday thanked China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin for what he called their neutrality during the war with Iran.
"I just want to thank them because they made it a lot better," Trump said at a press conference on the sidelines of the Group of Seven conference in Evian-les-Bains, France, adding that both leaders had been "neutral."
US 'did send a copy' of Iran accord to Israel, Trump says
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said Washington "did send a copy" of its accord with Iran to end the Middle East war, following reports of tensions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Insisting he maintains a good relationship with Netanyahu, Trump reaffirmed his criticism at the G7 summit of Israel's campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, saying "they (Israel) could do a much better job".
Trump says did not want to see economic catastrophe as he defends Iran deal
US President Donald Trump speaks at the close of the G7 summit in France on June 17, 2026. Photo, Anna Moneymaker, AFP
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended the interim deal with Iran in his remarks at the close of a G7 summit in France, saying he did not want to see an economic catastrophe that could have been triggered by a continued war in the Middle East.
"So the one thing I didn't want to see is, I didn't want to see economic catastrophe. If you kept this going, that could have happened," Trump told reporters in the lakeside resort of Evian-les-Bains.
The US president said he did not want to be like Herbert Hoover, who was serving as US president in October 1929 when the stock market crashed, causing the loss of billions of dollars and triggering what became known as the Great Depression.
The war, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 and spiralled into a broader regional war, has sent energy prices up sharply, renewed inflationary pressures and sparked concerns about a major food supply crisis in developing countries. Economists say the peace deal spells good news for the global economy, but warn of huge risks if the deal falls through and the conflict intensifies.
They add that getting trade flows back to normal will also take months, if not longer, while fuel sector analysts and maritime experts say it could take a year for bunker fuel supplies to return to normal.
Yesterday's key developments:
- Iran 's military threatened on Tuesday to respond to Israel after strikes in southern Lebanon killed four people despite a tentative peave deal between Tehran and Washington to end the war in the Middle East , which includes a cessation of hostilities in Lebanon .
- President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was willing to send his interim deal with Iran to the US Congress for review as lawmakers, including many of his fellow Republicans, said they were largely in the dark about the pact.
- A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the US-Iran framework agreement and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)
