President Donald Trump confirmed in his own voice on camera, as he exited the Palace of Versailles, that he has signed the memorandum of understanding with Iran. The White House subsequently issued an official statement verifying the signing, according to reports by Israeli media correspondent Keren Bezalel.
President Donald Trump confirmed on camera as he left the Palace of Versailles early Thursday morning that he had signed the memorandum of understanding with Iran, according to Israeli media correspondent Keren Bezalel. The White House subsequently issued a formal statement: 'The president signed the memorandum of understanding during his stay at Versailles,' Bezalel reported. The on-camera confirmation — Trump's own voice — marks the clearest personal acknowledgment yet in a thread that has unfolded over the past hours.
This confirmation caps a rapid sequence of developments tracked by The Zioneer. At 00:34 Jerusalem, the desk reported that Trump had personally confirmed the signing while leaving Versailles, and that the White House had issued a formal official confirmation. At the same timestamp, the desk also reported Trump's earlier description of the accord as 'a wall against a nuclear weapon' and Iran's insistence that its defensive capabilities were not subject to negotiation. At 03:04 Jerusalem, an article expanded on Trump's version of the signing and Iran's red line. The corroboration has escalated from a single unverified claim on Sunday (a Telegram report that Trump referred to a signed deal) to a series of on-the-record statements: a US official confirming the deal was in effect (00:34 Jerusalem, version 2); Trump stating it was signed at Versailles (00:34 Jerusalem, version 3); and now the president's own on-camera words and a formal White House statement.
As The Zioneer reported on Wednesday, Trump said he had given Israel a copy of the agreement. The broader picture, reported over the past week, includes conflicting signals about the signing mechanism: a US official told the Insider Paper that Trump, Vice President Vance, and Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf signed electronically, while Vance had said he would attend an in-person ceremony in Geneva.
The full text of the memorandum and its precise terms have not been published, and the scope of Iranian defensive capabilities excluded from negotiation has not been defined beyond Tehran's statement.
6 developments
- DevelopingTrump claims other countries have also agreed to the memorandum of understanding
- StrongIran's IRGC-affiliated Fars: no final US deal yet, even if agreed it won't meet Trump's timeline
- DevelopingIRGC denies reports of Geneva agreement signing on Sunday
- DevelopingIRGC-aligned protesters in Iran call for execution of official who signs US deal
Source and signal
- Internal intake