President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf have signed the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, according to multiple reports. The signing was confirmed by Amichai Stein (i24NEWS), who cited a source familiar with the matter. Both American and Iranian signatures have been affixed to the document.
Both American and Iranian sides have now officially confirmed the signing of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, bringing the development from earlier reported assertions to a jointly acknowledged act. Monday evening, journalist Amichai Stein (i24NEWS) cited a source familiar with the matter confirming that President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf signed the document. This follows a series of confirmations through the afternoon: at 17:43 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported VP Vance telling ABC News that the agreement had been signed digitally; moments later, also at 17:43, Vance clarified that no funds had been released to Tehran yet. Then, at that same timestamp, a senior US official confirmed to reporters that Trump, Vance, and Qalibaf all signed, a detail further corroborated by Israeli journalist Barak Ravid. The dual-side confirmation now consolidates what had been a single-source claim.
The thread of reports built rapidly Monday. Vance first disclosed a digital signing in an ABC interview, then elaborated that no funds have been transferred. A senior US official then confirmed the three signatories, and Stein’s source subsequently added the Iranian-side confirmation. Earlier in the day, as The Zioneer reported at 13:45, Vance stated in a Fox News interview that he would attend a signing ceremony in Geneva and that Trump might also attend — a prospect now uncertain given the digital signing already confirmed.
As The Zioneer has documented in recent days, the path to this signing saw conflicting signals: on Sunday June 14, the IRGC-affiliated Fars News Agency denied a final deal, while Saudi channel Al-Hadath reported plans for a virtual signing with Vance and Qalibaf. A diplomat from a mediating country told Barak Ravid on Friday June 12 that text had been agreed; Trump claimed Thursday June 11 that other countries had also agreed to the MOU. Axios reported Thursday that Iran told regional states of an 'in-principle' agreement pending approval from Mojtaba Khamenei.
It remains unclear whether a formal ceremony in Geneva will still take place, or whether the digitally signed MOU is now considered fully finalized. No terms of the agreement have been disclosed.
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