As of Sunday, June 14, no peace deal between the United States and Iran has been signed. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed.
Trump posted Saturday on Truth Social that the deal would be signed today and the Strait would open “immediately” after. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the key mediator, confirmed Friday that a “final, agreed upon text” had been reached and that an electronic signing ceremony was being prepared.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said the signing “will not happen tomorrow,” pointing to what he called “hesitancy on the other side.” Iranian state media reported Tehran had “not yet taken a final decision” on the framework. Qatari negotiators flew to Iran Sunday in a reported effort to salvage the timeline.
The dispute goes deeper than scheduling. The U.S. has described Iran’s nuclear commitments as a central element of the Memorandum of Understanding — the Islamabad Declaration. Baghaei told state media the MOU “focuses on ending the war” and that “it has been decided that there will be no discussion on the nuclear issue” at this stage. The two sides are characterizing the same document differently.
A senior Trump administration official acknowledged Friday the U.S. was not “100 percent” confident the agreement would be signed, putting confidence at roughly 80 to 85 percent. The IRGC publicly called Trump’s announcement a “test for Iran’s negotiating team,” signaling hardliner resistance inside Tehran.
The MOU as described would open the Strait of Hormuz, extend the ceasefire 60 days, release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets, and open nuclear negotiations in a second phase. Iran’s 440 kilograms of highly enriched uranium stays in place throughout those 60 days.
The war began February 28 when Trump announced major joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iranian military, government, and infrastructure targets. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in those opening strikes. A two-week ceasefire in April collapsed without a final agreement, and the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports has remained in place since.
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