TechFlow reported on June 14, citing CNN, that US President Donald Trump said a US-Iran agreement was planned to be signed on Sunday. Trump also said the Strait of Hormuz would reopen after the signing. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps rejected that account, denying that there is a clear arrangement for a Sunday signing and criticizing the timetable as overly rushed.
Iran Pushes Back on the Sunday Signing Claim
According to the report, the Iranian side stressed that the current framework of the agreement has not yet been finalized. In other words, the text of the agreement, the signing procedure and the path for implementation have not reached a final version that both sides can formally confirm. Trump’s remarks about a signing date and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz differ from Iran’s description of the stage of the negotiations.
The Strait of Hormuz was mentioned in connection with the arrangements that would follow the signing of the agreement. Trump said the waterway would reopen once the agreement was signed, but Iran’s denial of a fixed timetable leaves that arrangement dependent on the progress of the agreement itself. The report did not show that both sides had announced a mutually recognized signing time.
Online Signing and a 60-Day Negotiation Period
US officials said that, if the agreement is reached, the signing would be completed online in order to reduce the risk that an in-person meeting could interrupt the negotiations. CNN reported that the memorandum would open a new 60-day negotiation period, during which the two sides would further refine the details of implementation. That means even after a memorandum is signed, additional talks would still be needed on the specific execution of the deal.
At present, the two sides still have clear disagreements over the core contents of the agreement. The disputed issues include arrangements related to Iran’s nuclear program, regional proxy forces, and the handling of frozen assets. Based on the report, the progress of the agreement remains highly uncertain, and whether it can be signed on the timeline stated by Trump depends on terms that have not yet been finalized and on the next steps in the negotiations.