US-Iran to sign a ‘peace deal’ on Friday: What we know so far

US President Donald Trump has announced that a woody with Iran volition beryllium signed this Friday, pursuing a bid of statements this week suggesting a ceasefire statement aft much than 100 days of war.

Tehran has since confirmed the announcement, saying that an extremity to the warfare – which began pursuing a US-Israeli battle connected Iran connected 28 February – volition beryllium declared aboriginal connected Monday greeting GMT.

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Here is what has been said could beryllium included successful the US-Iran deal, arsenic good arsenic reactions from the parties involved.

Who announced the woody first?

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose state has been mediating indirect talks betwixt Tehran and Washington, broke the quality connected X connected Sunday.

Sharif said that a “permanent termination of subject operations connected each fronts” had been agreed upon, including successful Lebanon.

Trump confirmed the quality successful a station connected Truth Social soon after, writing: “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is present complete”.

The statement afloat authorises “the toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz” and, simultaneously, “the contiguous removal of the United States naval blockade”, helium wrote.

Earlier, Trump told The Washington Post that helium planned to denote a US-Iran statement “imminently.” According to the newspaper, helium said the statement would beryllium signed electronically, either by him oregon Vice President JD Vance.

Later connected Sunday, Trump told The New York Times that the US could restart subject operations oregon go “the guardian of the Middle East” successful speech for 20 percent of the region’s revenues. It was not wide whether the interrogation was conducted earlier oregon aft the statement was announced.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated Trump connected the announcement and noted that it came connected the president’s birthday.

“America is fortunate to person a person with specified unthinkable courage, singular strength, an unmatched consciousness of humor, and an unparalleled emotion of country. Happy Birthday, Mr. President!” Rubio said successful a station connected X.

Vice President Vance said the recently announced ceasefire could usher successful a “new era” for the Middle East. He credited Trump’s diplomacy with Gulf countries and different determination partners for helping bring astir the deal.

“What the president has done is make the existent abstraction to alteration that region,” Vance said successful an interrogation with Fox News. “And now, hopefully, a caller epoch with the Iranians.”

Vance besides reiterated what helium described arsenic a cardinal US objective, saying: “I deliberation we tin safely say, with confidence, that Iran volition ne'er person a atomic weapon.”

What did Iran say?

Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s lawman overseas curate for ineligible and planetary affairs, confirmed that an extremity to subject operations was expected “soon”.

According to remarks carried by Iran’s Tasnim quality agency, Gharibabadi said that an “immediate and imperishable extremity to the warfare and subject operations connected assorted fronts, including Lebanon”, would beryllium announced starting connected Monday.

He added that negotiations connected a last statement would instrumentality spot during a 60-day period, contingent connected Iran verifying that the US had fulfilled its commitments. The commitments see ending hostilities, lifting the naval blockade, and releasing frozen Iranian assets.

What does the woody entail?

According to the Iranian quality bureau Mehr, the draught statement contains 14 points.

It includes: a imperishable and contiguous cessation of hostilities connected each fronts, including Lebanon; the implicit lifting of the naval blockade wrong 30 days; a US committedness to retreat its forces from astir Iran; and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

The draught besides mentions the suspension of sanctions connected lipid sales, reaching a last statement connected atomic issues wrong 60 days of signing the deal, and the merchandise of $24bn successful frozen Iranian assets during the 60-day dialog period.

Mehr besides reported that last negotiations would not statesman until fractional of Iran’s frozen assets had been released and restrictions affecting the Strait of Hormuz had been lifted.

Discussions concerning Iran’s rocket programme and its enactment for absorption groups person been removed from the negotiating agenda, it added.

Al Jazeera could not independently corroborate the details reported by Mehr.

Pakistan, on with Qatar, has been a cardinal mediator successful the ceasefire statement and was progressive successful the last-minute talks earlier the woody was announced.

Sharif said connected Sunday that a US-Iran statement had been reached and that mediators would facilitate a bid of meetings this week.

He added that some sides had declared the “immediate and imperishable termination of subject operations connected each fronts, including successful Lebanon”.

The premier curate thanked the US and Iran for their commitment, arsenic good arsenic Qatar for its enactment “in reaching this agreement”.

“I would besides particularly convey the visionary enactment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of Türkiye for their immense contributions successful this regard,” helium added.

A bid of meetings volition travel this week to laic the instauration for method talks and the authoritative signing ceremony, helium said.

Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs besides issued a statement, welcoming “the statement reached connected the Memorandum of Understanding” betwixt the US and Iran connected “addressing the outstanding issues betwixt them”.

The ministry added that it viewed the agreement, including the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, arsenic an “important step” towards consolidating sustainable bid and promoting economical growth, some regionally and internationally.

Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani besides praised Pakistan and “all determination and planetary parties who contributed to creating the conditions for reaching this understanding”.

The Iranian Embassy successful Turkiye posted an representation connected its authoritative X relationship of an Iranian emblem planted connected a stone motif implicit the Strait of Hormuz.

“Welcome to the Middle East of a caller era,” the station said.

When volition the woody beryllium signed?

The authoritative signing ceremonial volition instrumentality spot connected June 19 successful Switzerland, according to Pakistan’s Sharif. Technical talks volition beryllium held passim the week.

Since the commencement of the warfare successful precocious February, Tehran has efficaciously gained power implicit the Strait of Hormuz by attacking, oregon threatening to attack, vessels transiting done the strategical chokepoint.

From what tin beryllium understood from the still-unconfirmed details touted by planetary parties, the woody would mostly reconstruct the presumption quo that existed earlier the war.