President Donald Trump stated the deal with Iran will bring peace and security to the entire region, noting that previous presidents failed to achieve peace with Tehran. Trump said the strait will be opened for mine-clearance on Friday with the signing, and oil will flow from both sides. The post made no mention of nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, terrorism, or suppression of protesters, as critics noted.
President Donald Trump posted a new statement early Monday, describing the deal with Iran as 'the great deal' that will bring peace and security to the entire region. The statement — which Trump issued after the deal was already signed, according to his own earlier announcements — reiterates the administration's framing of the agreement as a historic breakthrough, while notably omitting any mention of nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, Iran's support for terrorism, or its domestic crackdown, a point critics have highlighted as a weakness. The post comes after a night of rapid announcements: at 00:44 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Trump confirmed the peace deal had been signed and that the Strait of Hormuz would be cleared of mines and reopen on Friday, allowing oil to flow from both sides.
The sequence began earlier in the week, when at 23:08 Jerusalem on Thu Jun 11, The Zioneer reported Trump had announced an 'excellent settlement' to end the war, with a signing ceremony expected in Europe within days. That was preceded by a 22:44 Jerusalem announcement of a 'wonderful deal' reached with Iran, and a 23:07 Jerusalem confirmation that an agreement on enriched uranium was in place — with Trump describing the material as 'buried under a mountain, no one goes near it.' The initial reports came from a single source: at 00:44 Jerusalem, Iranian state television claimed the US had been forced to sign an agreement ending the war, an assertion cited by Amichai Stein (i24NEWS). By Friday Jun 12, 17:42 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported that Trump declared the war 'finished' and that Iran had agreed to never hold nuclear weapons, while Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu demanded the removal of enriched material and curbs on missile production.
As The Zioneer reported in the context of the broader diplomatic push, Trump's posts have at times produced mixed signals: on Thu Jun 11, a purported post threatening to 'wipe Iran off the face of the earth' if a global peace deal failed was flagged by Israeli officials as not always accurate. The current deal has not addressed Iran's nuclear weapons program, ballistic missile arsenal, support for proxies, or suppression of protesters in its publicly stated terms, as critics have noted.
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