A senior U.S. official told reporters that President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf have all signed a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, according to Israeli journalist Barak Ravid. The official did not specify when or where the signing took place, but the announcement follows a series of reports in recent days indicating that a deal text had been agreed upon.
A senior U.S. official briefed reporters Monday that President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf have all signed a memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, Israeli journalist Barak Ravid reported. The official said Trump, Vance, and Qalibaf each signed the MOU, though no venue, format, or precise time was disclosed. The official's on-record briefing is the strongest confirmation to date that the political leadership of both countries has formally committed to the MOU, and marks the first time Qalibaf was explicitly named as a signatory — a detail that had been reported earlier by the Saudi channel Al-Hadath (as The Zioneer reported Sunday at 10:00 Jerusalem) but not officially confirmed until now.
The announcement lands after a day of rapid developments on Monday. At 07:56 Jerusalem, Vance and envoy Steve Witkoff were seen embracing following reports that a deal had been reached. By 13:45, Vance said in a Fox News interview that he intends to attend the official signing ceremony in Geneva, with President Trump possibly joining. At 17:43, Vance told ABC News and later confirmed via a channel post that the agreement was signed digitally the previous night and that no funds have been released to Tehran yet. The thread's source quality has evolved from unconfirmed channel posts (morning) to on-record Vance statements and now a named senior U.S. official briefing reporters, giving the story a clear line of corroboration.
As The Zioneer has reported, the MOU's key terms that Al-Hadath cited on Sunday include lifting the siege on Iranian ports and reopening the Strait of Hormuz to free passage. Vance said Monday that Washington now speaks directly with Iran and pledged to publish the text this week. President Trump claimed Thursday that other countries have also signed on to the MOU, and said he was told that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran's supreme leader, agreed to the deal — neither of which has been confirmed by Iranian authorities.
The senior official did not share the terms of the agreement, the status of fund releases, or whether the signing is physically concluded or part of a multi-step process. Iran's official confirmation — from the supreme leader's office or the foreign ministry — is still pending. The exact terms of the MOU, including whether the deal covers uranium enrichment, missile production, or regional proxies — as Trump reportedly told Prime Minister Netanyahu — remain unverified in the official record.
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