US President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that a deal with Iran will be signed imminently — 'tomorrow or the next day' — and defended the agreement, arguing that continuing military strikes would have been an 'economic catastrophe.' Trump also stated that Iran needs ballistic missiles because 'other countries have them too.' The remarks continue a thread of Trump statements on the emerging Iran agreement, which the president has described as a memorandum of understanding.
President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening that a deal with Iran will be signed 'tomorrow or the next day,' the most specific timeline he has offered to date. Speaking at the G7 summit press conference, Trump defended the emerging memorandum of understanding, arguing that continued bombing would be an 'economic catastrophe,' and stated that Iran needs ballistic missiles because 'other countries have them too.' The remarks add a new layer to a rapid stream of statements from the president on Wednesday evening: earlier, at 19:01 Jerusalem, Trump said the MOU would be signed 'within a short time' with 'very high probability' (version 2), confirmed a copy had been sent to Israel (version 3), and stated technical nuclear discussions would begin immediately (version 6).
Across the thread, the source base has remained steady — Trump's own remarks, initially reported by Amichai Stein (i24NEWS) and later corroborated by Moriah Asraf & Doron Kadosh (N13/Army Radio), all attributed on the record to the president. No second channel or released document has yet confirmed the signing timeline independently. The evolution has been in precision: from 'within a short time' to 'shortly, tomorrow, maybe the next day' (version 5) to the current 'tomorrow or the next day,' all clustered within the same evening.
As The Zioneer reported on Sunday, Trump pledged a nuclear deal under which Iran's enriched uranium would be exported and funds restricted to humanitarian aid. The desk also reported on Monday that Trump said details of the agreement would be published soon, and on Tuesday he posted a derisive comment on Truth Social mocking the deal's non-proliferation clause before appearing to endorse it. Background items — including reports of secret talks since early June and a proposed 60-day ceasefire — frame the rapid diplomacy in the context of months of indirect engagement.
The president's claim that Iran requires missiles because other states have them is a new assertion, not previously part of the thread, and its implications for the scope of any deal remain unclarified. No final agreement has been formally signed, and no White House spokesperson has confirmed the signing timeline. Key details — the extent of sanctions relief, the fate of Iran's enriched uranium stockpiles, and the enforcement mechanism — remain unverified.
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
Source and signal
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