US President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening the memorandum of understanding with Iran will be signed 'within a short time' with 'very high probability,' and that technical discussions on nuclear weapons stockpiles will begin immediately. Trump reiterated that if the deal is not implemented, the US will resume bombing Iran. He also expressed serious concern about the situation in Lebanon and said Israel 'can do a better job' there. The remarks continue a thread of statements by Trump on Iran and the region.
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that technical discussions on nuclear weapons stockpiles will begin immediately after the signing of the memorandum of understanding with Iran, which he described as imminent — 'within a short time' and with 'very high probability.' Trump reiterated that if the deal is not implemented, the US will resume bombing Iran. He also expressed concern about Lebanon, saying Israel 'can do a better job' there. The remarks add a new operational detail — immediate technical talks — to a thread of statements Trump has made throughout the evening.
As The Zioneer has reported in this thread, Trump earlier Wednesday evening stated the MOU includes a 60-day clock (first published at 19:01 Jerusalem) and that 'regime change has occurred' in Iran (published at 19:30 Jerusalem). By 19:01 Jerusalem, Trump had confirmed a copy of the agreement had been sent to Israel and said the deal could be signed 'shortly, tomorrow, maybe the next day.' Those initial reports, attributed to a single journalist (Amichai Stein, i24NEWS), were soon corroborated by multiple Israeli news outlets (N13 / Army Radio). In earlier context, The Zioneer also reported Trump telling Prime Minister Netanyahu 'it's time to end this war' as the Iran deal nears (article, June 13).
Trump's latest comments carry the same conditional tone as earlier statements: the signing is described as probable but not guaranteed, with the military threat explicitly renewed. No formal signing has been announced by the White House. The question of which country asked the US to continue bombing Iran — which Trump dismissed as 'foolish' — remains unresolved, as does the final status of the deal itself.
6 developments
- StrongTrump says US to finalize Iran deal within days, achieve 'total victory' within two weeks
- StrongTrump tells Netanyahu he is determined to sign Iran agreement as deal talks accelerate
- DevelopingTrump tells Axios he still believes Iran deal possible this weekend or Monday
- DevelopingTrump: Iran deal is a wall against nuclear weapons
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