On 13 June, US President Donald Trump stated that an agreement was due to be signed the following day that would bring an end to the war with Iran.
“They no longer wish to possess nuclear weapons and will not possess them, whether through procurement, development or in any other form. The agreement is scheduled to be signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Strait of Hormuz will be open to all. Our relations with Iran are different and better than those of previous administrations,” the US leader stated on Truth Social.
Earlier on 13 June, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif reported that a memorandum to resolve the conflict between the US and Iran was close to being agreed.
“We are closer to a peace agreement than ever before,” he wrote on social media platform X on 13 June. Pakistan is acting as a mediator between the parties.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghai ruled out the signing of the document on Sunday, 13 June. “Although it will not happen tomorrow, there is a possibility that it will happen in the coming days. However, due to the other side’s vacillations, we must be cautious with any comments on this process,” Baghai said.
Earlier, AFP reported that Switzerland had offered to host the signing ceremony on its territory.
According to Axios, in the memorandum, Tehran agrees to abandon its ambitions to develop nuclear weapons and promises to resolve the issue of its stockpiles of enriched uranium. In return, Washington may ease sanctions and resume economic cooperation.
The document also provides for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping without additional fees and the gradual restoration of shipping volumes to pre-war levels. In return, Washington must lift the blockade on Iranian ports. One of the unresolved issues remains the Iranian assets frozen abroad.