Tehran announced that US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have formally signed the memorandum of understanding between the two countries, according to an official Iranian statement. The signing brings the MOU into full effect, confirming earlier reports that the text had reached both leaders for digital signature.
Thursday at 00:39 Jerusalem time, an official Iranian statement claimed that US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian have formally signed the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, elevating the signing to the heads of state. The announcement follows a night of rapidly shifting reports: at 00:31 Jerusalem The Zioneer reported that Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei had confirmed the MOU was signed, citing N12's Asaf Rozentzweig. Earlier on Wednesday evening (18:25 Jerusalem) Baghaei had said the text had reached both presidents for digital signature. A US official had earlier told the Insider Paper that Trump, Vice President Vance, and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf signed the deal electronically — a claim now superseded by Tehran's statement if confirmed by Washington.
The Zioneer's thread tracked the accelerating timeline since Wednesday evening: by 18:25 Jerusalem, versions 10-16 reported that the US, Iran, and mediators were discussing an electronic signing as early as Wednesday night, with Strait of Hormuz articles taking immediate effect. Baghaei's confirmation at 00:31 that the MOU was "formally signed" marked the first official Iranian acknowledgment; the new statement at 00:39 adds direct presidential signatures. The White House published the full 14-article MOU text earlier this week, as The Zioneer reported at 00:31 Jerusalem, including an immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, sanctions relief, a $300 billion reconstruction plan for Iran, a 30-day window for US naval withdrawal from the Persian Gulf, and on-site dilution of Iran's enriched uranium under IAEA supervision.
What remains open: whether the US government will confirm the Iranian claim of a bilateral presidential-level signing, and whether this supersedes the earlier trilateral digital signing report that included Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf. Israeli officials have not yet commented.
14 developments
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