Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister said the final text of an 'Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding' has been completed and will be signed Friday in Switzerland. He asserted that the U.S. naval blockade on Iran has been lifted as of tonight, and announced an immediate and permanent end to war on all fronts, including Lebanon. The claims are part of Tehran's framing of a diplomatic-strategic victory.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister claimed early Monday morning that the U.S. naval blockade on Iran has been lifted effective immediately, framing it as part of the finalized 'Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding' set to be signed Friday in Switzerland. This assertion — that a key U.S. military pressure tool has been dismantled — marks the latest and most concrete claim from Tehran in a fast-moving sequence of statements since just after midnight Jerusalem time. The Deputy FM's Monday morning briefing also reiterated a 'permanent end to war on all fronts from tonight' and outlined a 60-day negotiation period to begin after the U.S. fulfills commitments to lift the blockade and release frozen Iranian assets.
The thread of Tehran's claims escalated rapidly overnight. At 00:05 Jerusalem, Tasnim news agency reported that Iranian officials would imminently address the MoU. At 01:11 Jerusalem, the same Deputy FM first declared a 'permanent and complete end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon, from tonight' — a claim initially attributed to a single channel (i24NEWS's Amichai Stein) and the Iranian Fars agency. By 01:38 Jerusalem, analyst Dr. Raz Zimmt contextualized the shift for The Zioneer. At 02:32 Jerusalem, the story was corroborated by a higher-level source: Iran's Supreme National Security Council issued its own declaration of a permanent and immediate end to war. At 06:38 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported Iran's claim that the deal includes a regional withdrawal and an immediate Lebanon ceasefire. The new assertion about the lifting of the naval blockade — the specific 'immediate effective tonight' language — does not yet have independent, third-party confirmation, nor have Israeli or U.S. officials confirmed the blockade's removal, despite multiple prior reports citing the offer as a U.S. bargaining chip.
As The Zioneer has reported across the thread, Tehran consistently frames the emerging document as a comprehensive diplomatic-strategic victory arising from both negotiations and military deterrence. The Zioneer's background reporting noted that the U.S. has portrayed the framework as a 60-day stabilization period focused on nuclear and maritime security, while the Pakistani prime minister claimed a permanent ceasefire was reached as early as 00:05 Jerusalem.
What remains open: There is no independent verification that the U.S. naval blockade has been lifted — a claim central to this update's 'what's new' delta. The specific terms of the Memorandum of Understanding — including the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon and the scope of sanctions relief — have not been confirmed by Washington or Jerusalem. The Deputy FM's assertion that Iran's military remained on full alert and 'ready to deliver a decisive response' underscores that the declared cessation of war is, at this stage, Tehran's unilateral characterization.
4 developments
- ConfirmedIran's FM Araghchi: MOU already signed digitally; Friday ceremony in Switzerland to formalize
- StrongIran details 60-day nuclear talks timeline, sanctions relief clauses in Islamabad MoU
- ConfirmedIranian spokesman: MoU focuses on ending war, not nuclear issue
- StrongIran's Supreme National Security Council declares permanent end to war on all fronts
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