U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Iran have reached a “grand bargain” and that the war between the two countries has ended. He also claimed that the Islamic Republic has accepted that it will never acquire a nuclear weapon.
On Friday morning, during a televised campaign rally in the state of Georgia, Trump said, “I don’t know if you heard it or not, but we ended the war with Iran today. They agreed never to have a nuclear weapon, something we insisted upon.”
The U.S. president added: “That was the whole point; 95 per cent of our goal was this, and they did it in the most powerful way possible." A few hours earlier, Trump had also stated that Washington and Tehran might sign an agreement by the end of this weekend that would end the recent conflicts and pave the way for the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz for vessel transit.
Furthermore, during a campaign speech via telephone to endorse Barry Moore, his supported candidate in the Alabama state Senate election, he said that American negotiators “have achieved a grand bargain.”According to the Associated Press, Trump said in these remarks: “Today we reached an agreement with Iran. People will soon start returning home. We got everything we wanted.”
Trump’s remarks come at a time when formal details of the potential agreement have not yet been published. Meanwhile, Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, labeled reports and assertions regarding a final agreement as “speculation,” emphasizing that negotiations are still ongoing and that the details of the memorandum of understanding have not yet been finalized.
Baghaei also stated that Tehran will not back down from its “red lines,” even though a significant portion of the negotiated text of the agreement is ready.
In recent days, alongside the continuation of limited clashes between Iran and the United States in the region, diplomatic efforts mediated by countries including Pakistan and Qatar have intensified to achieve an interim agreement and de-escalate tensions. According to several reports, issues such as the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the easing of maritime restrictions, and the mechanism for Iran’s access to a portion of its frozen oil revenues have been the main focus of the negotiations.
Nevertheless, Iranian and U.S. officials have not yet published the formal text or framework of the agreement claimed by Trump, and it remains unclear what impact the potential agreement will have on Iran’s nuclear program, the presence of U.S. forces in the region, and the status of sanctions.
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