President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the U.S. and Iran agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to bring the months-long war to an end. The formal signing is planned to take place at a meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday.
The MOU is not a final, negotiated “peace deal.” But it is the first important hurdle in a longer process that could potentially end the costly war that began Feb. 28. Trump said he might send the MOU to Congress for review and that he’d read it aloud at a press conference once it is released to the public.
The details surrounding the MOU are scant. But the basic gist is that, barring a total breakdown, the MOU ends hostilities on all fronts (including Lebanon) and begins a 60-day period in which both parties can negotiate thornier issues: Iran’s nuclear program and uranium enrichment capabilities, the long-term arrangement for the Strait of Hormuz and whether Iran will keep its fee system permanently in place, and sanctions relief. An Iranian news outlet published a 14-point proposal purported to be the actual MOU, “electronically signed” by Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. However, it’s unclear whether this information is credible.
What’s more clear, however, are the factions who want to derail the peace process, continue the war, or else want the opposing side to get nothing out of any future deal and thus make peace all but impossible: the Israelis, the Iran Hawks and Israel Firsters, and hardliners in the Iranian regime.
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