Iran's Supreme National Security Council announced it has finalized the text of the memorandum of understanding with the United States. According to the agreement, all military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, will end immediately and permanently from tonight, and the naval blockade on Iran will be fully lifted. The formal signing is set for Friday, June 19. Tehran thanked Pakistan and Qatar for their mediation efforts.
The Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran announced at approximately 01:59 Monday that it has finalized the text of the memorandum of understanding with the United States, declaring that 'the war and military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, will end immediately and permanently from tonight' and that the naval blockade on Iran will be fully lifted. The formal signing is set for Friday, June 19, with negotiations on the final agreement to begin only after the other side implements its commitments under the MoU. Tehran thanked Pakistan and Qatar for their mediation. This is the highest-level official confirmation yet, coming from Iran's top security body rather than a deputy minister or diplomatic source, and escalates the sequence of announcements over the past two hours.
As The Zioneer reported, the thread began at 00:05 Monday, when Pakistan's Prime Minister claimed a permanent ceasefire including Lebanon had been reached. At 00:39, President Trump announced the completion of a peace deal with Iran and the lifting of the naval blockade. Within the same minute (00:43 Jerusalem), multiple versions tracked the development: first Trump's declaration that the deal keeps Iran's enriched uranium in place (version 2), then Trump's announcement of the signing ceremony in Switzerland on June 19 (version 3), and simultaneously the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi stating the MoU text was finalized and claiming the naval siege would end tonight with an immediate ceasefire on all fronts (version 4). At 01:00, the deputy FM's declaration was confirmed via Amichai Stein (i24NEWS) alongside a Fars news agency report that Iran decided not to strike Israel after Trump offered an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon. At 01:09, Gharibabadi's full statement was reported, and at 01:11, the deputy FM declared a permanent end to war 'from tonight'. The SAME-THREAD reports thus evolved from a Pakistani claim to a U.S. presidential announcement, to an Iranian deputy ministerial statement, and now to an official confirmation by the SNSC itself — the highest source confidence within the thread so far, though still a single official Iranian announcement.
The desk's wider published record includes background reporting from Thursday, June 11, when Iran claimed a Lebanon ceasefire finalized and asserted the U.S. would compel Israel to end the war, and from Friday, June 12, when a Hezbollah-linked outlet reported Iran secured U.S. final approval for Lebanon's inclusion in a wide deal. On Saturday, June 13, an Iranian analyst claimed the latest draft of the agreement includes stronger language demanding an 'immediate and permanent end of military operations' on all fronts, removing the possibility for the U.S. to continue 'defensive' operations.
What remains open: No independent U.S., Israeli, or Lebanese confirmation has been received yet for the SNSC's claim of immediate implementation from tonight. The desk assesses the source as a single official Iranian announcement with developing confidence. The exact timeline for implementation, the status of the agreement's terms regarding Iran's enriched uranium and missile program, and Israel's position as a non-party to the accord are all unresolved. Mr. Trump's earlier quote that there is 'no pressure to remove the enriched uranium' and that he does not seek regime change in Tehran has not been addressed by the SNSC statement.
6 developments
- StrongIran's Supreme National Security Council to announce ceasefire decision soon
- DevelopingIran announces end of operations against Israel, warns of retaliation if Israel strikes Lebanon
- StrongIranian Deputy FM Details 'Islamabad MoU' Terms, Claims Immediate End to War
- DevelopingIranian analyst: New US-Iran draft bars US from claiming 'war ended' while keeping military operations
Source and signal
- Internal intake