Trump says Iran deal could be signed on Sunday, Hormuz Strait to reopen
US President Donald Trump announced that a peace and nuclear agreement with Iran is expected to be signed as early as Sunday, potentially leading to the immediate reopening of the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, Qazinform News Agency reports.
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed on Sunday, and the Strait of Hormuz will be “open to all” immediately after that.
“The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Earlier on Saturday, Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, which mediated a ceasefire in the US-Israeli war on Iran in April and was involved in negotiations since then, said a deal could be finalized in the next 24 hours. He said “Pakistan is preparing for the electronic signing of the peace deal immediately after, followed by technical level talks next week.”
Trump said his agreement with Iran is a “wall to a nuclear weapon.”
He claimed that Tehran no longer wants a nuclear weapon, “nor will they have one, either through purchase, development, or any other form of procurement.”
“Our relationship with Iran is a much different and better one than previous Administrations have had,” he said, criticizing the Iran policy of the previous administrations, and added that “no money will exchange hands,” with Tehran.
He said the US will take the nuclear dust in Iran and destroy it. “At the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains, thanks to our beautiful B-2 Bombers and their brilliant pilots, and downblend and destroy it, whether in Iran, or the United States,” he said.
“We look forward to working with Iran, and the entire Middle East, long into the future. Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly. If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!”
US officials also said that the signing will take place virtually mainly for logistical reasons.
Iran, however, denied that the signing would take place on Sunday. “We will have to wait and see about the exact time of signing the memorandum; although it will not be tomorrow, the possibility of this happening in the coming days cannot be ruled out,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil.
“Our negotiating team has no plans to travel to Geneva or anywhere else in the next two days,” Baghaei said. “We have to wait and see when will be the exact signing date.”
Earlier, Qazinform News Agency reported that the United States and Iran exchanged a new round of military strikes, while Tehran announced the complete closure of the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. President Donald Trump threatened further large-scale attacks unless Iran agrees to a peace deal.
