Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated Tuesday that the most important clause of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding is the declaration of a permanent and immediate end to the war on all fronts, which was enacted Monday morning per Tehran time. Araghchi added that the MoU's formal signing will take place on Friday, though the cessation of hostilities is already in effect.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed today that the permanent end to the war on all fronts was enacted Monday morning, Tehran time — days before the formal signing of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, now scheduled for Friday. The clarification, reported Tuesday, moves the effective date of the ceasefire earlier than some Friday-focused accounts had suggested.
This development follows a sequence of official statements over the past 24 hours. At 02:28 Jerusalem on Monday, The Zioneer reported that Iran's Supreme National Security Council had declared an immediate and permanent end to war and military activity on all fronts, including Lebanon. By 08:55 Jerusalem, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister claimed the blockade was being lifted and that operations had ended permanently. By 16:59 Jerusalem, multiple senior sources — first American briefings (N12's Amit Segal), then a White House official (Israel Hayom), then Araghchi himself — stated that the MOU had already been signed digitally, with a formal signing ceremony in Switzerland on Friday.
As The Zioneer reported over the weekend, Araghchi had previously conditioned the signing of any deal on Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon (Sat 04:14 Jerusalem, Fri 22:20 Jerusalem). The White House circulated a message Monday 23:16 Jerusalem stating that the MOU ends fighting "including in Lebanon." The precise operational status of the ceasefire, particularly regarding Hezbollah's posture and any IDF withdrawal from southern Lebanon, remains unverified by independent sources on the ground.
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