Donald Trump says Iran peace deal will be signed today – and his relationship with Tehran is ‘better’ than any other president’s despite all-out war
Donald Trump announced last night that an agreement with Iran that will immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz will be signed today.
Using his Truth Social account, the US President declared that the vital waterway will once again be ‘OPEN TO EVERYONE’ following the signing of the treaty today, his 80th birthday.
Mr Trump wrote: ‘The treaty is scheduled to be signed tomorrow and immediately after it is signed the Strait of Hormuz will be OPEN TO EVERYONE.
‘Our relations with Iran are much different and better than previous administrations.’
Mr Trump also criticized former US president Barack Obama and said Iran’s enriched plutonium deal was a ‘smooth path to a Nuclear Weapon’.
However, Iran’s foreign ministry has poured cold water on claims that the signing of a ‘memorandum of understanding’ is imminent, suggesting it could take a few days.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said: ‘We must be wary of any statements regarding this process due to the instability of the other side.’
It was previously reported that the US President wanted the agreement to be signed before the G7 summit, which will start tomorrow in France.
Donald Trump – Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House, he said that an agreement will be signed with Iran today, his 80th birthday.
Mr Trump also criticized former US president Barack Obama’s previous deal with Iran on his Truth Social account.
It is thought he will hail the agreement as another of his ‘peaceful’ victories.
Mr Trump was also expected to discuss how to clear the Strait of Hormuz of mines with the rulers of Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, among other G7 leaders.
But tensions between America and Iran remained high after US Central Command shot down a number of Iranian drones last night.
They were apparently targeting commercial ships passing through the Bosphorus. Around the same time, an ‘unknown projectile’ hit a ship off the coast of Oman.
The downing of Iranian drones came after three nights of intense clashes between the USA and Iran.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif first announced on his X account the possibility of the agreement being signed ‘electronically’ by both parties today.
The agreement will lead to a 60-day ceasefire and pave the way for negotiations to end and eliminate Iran’s nuclear program.
‘Technical talks’ will begin on how to destroy or remove the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium, believed to be buried under at least three nuclear facilities that the US bombed last year.
However, Mr. Baghaei’s statement was denied shortly afterwards.
Mr. Trump initially remained silent on the deal, but eventually reposted Mr. Sharif’s statement on his Truth Social account.
This was followed by his own announcement, which began with him condemning Mr Obama for his ‘bad’ nuclear deal with Iran, the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in 2016.
If the new agreement goes ahead, in addition to reopening the Bosphorus, the United States is likely to lift the blockade of Iranian ports.
Mr Trump may also agree to unfreeze billions of pounds of Iranian assets held as a result of American and Western sanctions.
Iranian media reported that the US will contribute £224 billion to the reconstruction of Iran, which it has been bombing intermittently since February.
But Mr Trump said on social media that such terms ‘have nothing to do with the terms we agreed’.
Lebanon remains a sticking point in the deal, as Iran has said it wants a ceasefire in the country as a condition of any deal with America.
However, the Israeli government refused to stop the airstrikes, adding that its forces would not leave southern Lebanon in the near future.
Tomorrow, Mr. Trump will hold meetings on demining the Strait of Hormuz, a global chokepoint through which up to 25 percent of the world’s oil and gas is transported.
Iran has not only blocked the waterway since the beginning of the war, but also laid mines there.
The strait was first breached in February, after the United States and Israel launched a surprise attack on the Tehran regime, resulting in the killing of then-leader Ali Khamenei and most of his family.
