President Donald Trump announced at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, that the United States has signed an electronic memorandum of understanding with Iran. The core message, according to Trump: Iran will never have a nuclear weapon.
The interim agreement, brokered with mediation from Qatar and Pakistan, extends a ceasefire for 60 days and aims to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping, including oil tankers. A formal signing is slated for June 19 in Geneva.
What the MOU actually says, and what it doesn’t
Vice President JD Vance described the document as roughly 1.5 pages long. For context, the original Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the Iran nuclear deal the US withdrew from in 2018, ran over 100 pages.
The full text of the MOU has not been made public. Key provisions, particularly around nuclear commitments and the potential release of frozen Iranian assets, remain unclear. Compliance-based conditions are reportedly attached, but the specifics are still being negotiated ahead of the Geneva signing.
