The United States and Iran have signed a deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, with a ceremony set for Friday in Switzerland to mark the start of a 60-day negotiation period.
US President Donald Trump signed the memorandum of understanding on Wednesday after he attended the G7 summit in France, during a candlelit dinner at the Palace of Versailles, according to a video posted by a Trump aide.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, quoted by the state news agency IRNA, said the document “was finalised with the signatures of the presidents”.
Iran’s chief negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said the deal represented a US “failure”.
The memorandum “shall enter into force with immediate effect and as a first step, Islamic Republic of Iran will instantly reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States of America will immediately lift the naval blockade”, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrote on X.
Sharif also confirmed that Pakistan, with Qatari support, would host a ceremony in Switzerland on Friday to “commemorate this landmark event and commence with the technical level talks”.
