Trump Says Iran Deal Will Be Signed Sunday, But Iran Says Not Yet

President Donald Trump said Saturday that a U.S.-Iran agreement was scheduled to be signed Sunday, June 14, but Iran pushed back, saying the memorandum would not be signed that day and that talks were still continuing.

“The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, referring to Sunday. 

His statement came as Axios reported that the U.S. and Iran, together with Pakistani and Qatari mediators, were expected to hold a virtual meeting and electronically sign a memorandum of understanding. Axios reported that U.S. officials and sources in the mediating countries said the remote signing was mainly for logistical reasons, including Vice President J.D. Vance’s need to return to the U.S. before Trump leaves for the G7 summit in France on Monday. 

The memorandum, according to the report, is expected to extend the ceasefire by 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and launch negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. The Axios report described the document as a memorandum of understanding, not a final nuclear agreement, meaning the signing would begin the next stage of talks rather than settle the core nuclear dispute. 

Trump presented the emerging agreement as a sharp break from the Obama-era nuclear deal, the JCPOA, which he described as “an easy, beautiful, smooth road to a Nuclear Weapon.” He said his own agreement was “A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPON,” and claimed Iran “no longer” wants a nuclear weapon and would not obtain one through development, purchase or any other means.

The president also said the agreement would not include U.S. payments to Iran. “No money will exchange hands,” he wrote. Trump added that at a later stage, “when all is calm,” the U.S. would retrieve what he called Iran’s “Nuclear Dust” and “downblend and destroy it, whether in Iran, or the United States.”

Trump ended the post with a warning that if the process did not move forward “quickly, easily, and smoothly,” the U.S. still had “the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry gave a different account of the timing. Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the signing would not take place Sunday, though he did not rule out a later agreement.

“We have to wait and see about the exact date of the signing of the memorandum of understanding, although it will not be tomorrow,” Baghaei said, according to state media. He added that “the possibility of this happening in the coming days cannot be ruled out,” but said Iran was being cautious because of “hesitation” from the other side.

Iran’s Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with the regime, questioned Trump’s insistence on a Sunday signing and noted that the date falls on his birthday. Fars suggested Trump may be trying to turn the signing into a media and ceremonial event, and described the deadline as a test for Iran’s negotiating team.

Pakistan has taken a more optimistic public line. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wrote that the sides were “closer to a peace deal than ever before,” and said Pakistan was preparing for an electronic signing followed by technical-level talks next week.

Several issues remain publicly disputed. Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would be open to all immediately after the signing, while Iranian-linked reporting indicated that Iran would continue managing traffic through the strait and could charge for services. Trump also said no money would change hands, while Iranian reporting said the release of frozen Iranian funds is part of the pending agreement.

Baghaei also said the presence of foreign military forces and bases in the region must end.

For now, the U.S. and mediators appear to be preparing for a possible MOU signing, while Iran is publicly rejecting Trump’s Sunday timeline. The next test will be whether the reported virtual meeting produces a signed framework for further talks, or whether the disagreement over timing delays the process further.