Trump says US-Iran deal to be signed Sunday, opens Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran denies the date

Trump’s optimism meets Tehran’s denial

President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that the new agreement with Iran is “scheduled to be signed tomorrow,” June 14. He called it “a wall against a nuclear weapon,” contrasting it with the 2015 JCPOA. According to Trump, the deal will reopen the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping without delay. His post appeared after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said a framework agreement could be signed electronically within 24 hours.

However, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei pushed back. “We have to wait for the exact date of the signing. It will not be tomorrow, Sunday,” he told state news agency IRNA. He added that a signing in the following days could not be excluded and cautioned that Washington’s “hesitations” make any timeline uncertain.

“My deal with Iran is exactly the opposite: a wall against a nuclear weapon. In fact, they no longer want a nuclear weapon and will not have one, whether by purchase, development or any other form of procurement.”

Strait of Hormuz reopening pledged

Trump promised that “immediately after it is signed, the Strait of Hormuz will be open to all.” The waterway, a critical chokepoint for global oil shipments, had been a flashpoint during three months of conflict. Iran has previously signalled it might impose “service fees” on vessels transiting the strait, but Trump did not clarify whether passage would be without restrictions under international law.

Pakistan’s mediation push

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif confirmed that preparations are underway for an electronic signing within hours. Mediators, including Sharif, proposed the remote signing format out of security and logistical concerns. The Pakistani premier expressed confidence that the pact would lay the foundation for lasting peace in the Middle East.

“We have to wait to know the exact date of the signing. It will not be tomorrow, Sunday, but the possibility that it will happen in the following days cannot be ruled out.”

Nuclear dismantlement and the "ultimate alternative"

Trump said that “at the appropriate time, when everything is calm,” the US will recover nuclear material buried deep under granite mountains using B-2 bombers and destroy it either in Iran or the United States. He stressed that no funds will change hands, unlike the Obama-era agreement. In a final warning, Trump said the United States possesses “the ultimate alternative” if negotiations fail. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and its Foreign Ministry have repeatedly criticised what they call Trump’s “unusual insistence” on a fixed timeline, maintaining that the structural parameters of Iran’s nuclear programme are far from settled.