US President Donald Trump has signed a deal with Iran to end the Middle East war, a US official said early today after Axios reported that the signing took place during a dinner with France’s president.
“Can confirm the signing,” the official said when asked about the report that Trump personally signed a copy during dinner with Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles following a G7 summit.
US and Iranian officials also said Iranian President Masoud Pezeskian had also signed the agreement. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) had already been signed digitally on Sunday by US Vice President JD Vance and Iran’s chief negotiator Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf and witnessed by Trump.
A senior US official told reporters earlier in the day that concessions made by Iran in the MoU were ‘major’ wins for the United States.
Speaking in a call with reporters on condition of anonymity, two senior officials outlined the 14-point deal and read it verbatim.
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Earlier in the day, Trump, at the close of the G7 summit in France, defended his interim agreement with Iran, saying it had averted a global economic catastrophe, while warning he could launch fresh attacks if Tehran failed to honour its commitments.
The US president also said maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz had risen sharply since the truce was announced three days ago and expressed hope it could mark the start of a wider peace across the Mideast.
“We’re going to bomb the hell out of them (Iran) if they violate the agreement. I don’t want them to. I want them to honour the agreement,” Trump told a Press conference, adding that the Iranians were ‘smart people’.
Earlier, he had said: “If I don’t like it, if they (Iran) don’t behave, we’ll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head, OK?”
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