A senior White House official has confirmed that the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran has been signed, according to Israel Hayom. The formal ceremony is expected on Friday. The confirmation follows days of competing reports about the deal's status, and comes after Trump announced an 'excellent settlement' to end the war with Iran last week.
A senior White House official confirmed Monday evening that the United States and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), with a formal ceremony scheduled for Friday, according to Israel Hayom. The on-record confirmation resolves days of conflicting reports about the deal's status — a thread The Zioneer has tracked since Monday afternoon.
The desk's first version of this story reported at 16:59 Monday that American officials were briefing that the MOU was already signed and that the formal ceremony was set for Friday, citing N12's Amit Segal — a claim that was attributed to anonymous briefings. The new dispatch, from Israel Hayom, upgrades the attribution: a named senior White House official now states on record that the document has been executed. That confirmation aligns with a sequence of incremental U.S. statements The Zioneer recorded over the past week: on Jun 11 (23:08) President Trump announced an 'excellent settlement'; on Jun 12 (20:23) a U.S. official said the draft MOU covers 'the entire region, including Lebanon'; on Jun 13 (17:36) a senior U.S. official told reporters 'we think we have a deal'.
As The Zioneer reported on Jun 11 (21:15), Axios had cited regional sources saying the deal still required approval from Mojtaba Khamenei — a gap the new confirmation appears to close, though the MOU's full text and specific commitments have not been disclosed.
What remains open: whether the signed MOU matches the draft framework described in recent days; what concrete obligations it contains regarding Iran's nuclear program and regional proxies; and whether a planned withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon — reported as a point of friction by Iranian negotiators in earlier bulletins — is addressed in the document.
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