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Trump signs Iran memorandum of understanding — text written in Persian, source says

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Trump signs Iran memorandum of understanding — text written in Persian, source says

Primary source Internal intake · 4 reviewed intake signals · Desk window 06:39

TL;DR

President Donald Trump has signed the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, according to a single source — a Telegram message that notes the text was written in Persian. The report follows weeks of conflicting signals about the status of the agreement, including digital signatures, a Versailles dinner signing, and Iranian media images of President Pezeshkian signing the same document. No official White House confirmation of a Persian-language text specifically has been released.

01 · THE DISPATCH

A desk-reviewed report — bearing an internal desk receipt — now claims that the text of the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding President Trump signed was written in Persian. The claim, attributed to no named source, is unverified beyond this single channel.

This development lands in a thread that has moved rapidly. As The Zioneer reported, the White House confirmed the signing early Thursday (05:38 Jerusalem), releasing footage of Trump signing the MoU alongside French President Macron at a dinner in Versailles. Hours later, Iranian state media published images of President Pezeshkian signing the same document. A separate claim — that Trump remarked the agreement 'could not have fallen apart more' — was cited by Channel 14 journalist Noam Amir (Thu 05:38 Jerusalem) but has not been independently corroborated on the record.

Earlier claims from the wider context remain at different stages of confirmation: the assertion that Trump, Vice President Vance, and Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf signed the deal electronically (Mon 15 Jun, 19:21 Jerusalem) and the claim that Trump gave Israel a copy of the accord (Wed 17 Jun, 19:21 Jerusalem) have not been verified beyond their original single-source reports.

The specific Persian-language claim — if substantiated — would carry diplomatic weight regarding the intended audience and legal framing of the accord. As of this bulletin, neither the White House, the State Department, nor any Iranian official has issued a statement on the language of the document.

02 · How it developed

5 developments

  1. Latest

    Both sides officially confirm the signing of the bilateral memorandum

  2. Signing location confirmed as Palace of Versailles during dinner with Macron

  3. Source claims the memorandum text signed by Trump was written in Persian

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03 · Source and signal

Source and signal

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