There might be a memorandum of understanding in place between the US and Iran, but President Donald Trump made it clear that those terms aren’t yet set in stone.
An official signing is set for Friday, and Trump asserted on Wednesday morning that Iran must remain on its best behavior in the meantime.
As The Hill reported:
“No, it’s not final. It’s a memorandum of understanding, and if I don’t like it, we’ll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs on their head,” Trump said, speaking next to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at the G7 Summit in Évian-les Baines, France.
ADVERTISEMENT“If they don’t behave, we’ll go back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head,” he continued, adding “they’ve misbehaved for 47 years.”
Trump and Vice President Vance electronically signed the preliminary deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, and Vance is slated to represent the U.S. in a formal signing ceremony in Switzerland on Friday.
Here are those comments:
Trump on Iran Memorandum of Understanding: Key Points
“This is not the final text; it is a Memorandum of Understanding.”
“If I don’t like it, we will go back to bombing them.
If they do not behave properly, we will go back to bombing again.”
The agreement does not include any… https://t.co/tiVgwab4st pic.twitter.com/zo8xLtP7sE
— Inside the conflict (@InsidConflict) June 17, 2026
Details of the draft agreement has fueled considerable interest on social media as Americans anticipate an end to the military operation in Iran:
"We are not investing ten cents."@POTUS shuts down false narratives around the MOU with Iran. pic.twitter.com/9H5SOeXrc2
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 17, 2026
BREAKING: Details are beginning to emerge ahead of the U.S.-Iran memorandum signing ceremony, now less than 48 hours away.
The proposed framework reportedly includes reopening the Strait, ending the U.S. blockade, a 60-day negotiation period over Iran's uranium enrichment,… pic.twitter.com/8Kfz78GYvp
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 17, 2026
The Jerusalem Post provided some additional details:
The memorandum will reportedly be signed in Switzerland on Friday, and according to documents seen by Al Arabiya English, the final agreement will be adopted through a binding UN Security Council resolution.
Iran will be able to shut down the Strait of Hormuz whenever it wants, US intelligence agencies believe, according to a CNN report Tuesday citing three sources familiar with their findings.
ADVERTISEMENTAccording to the report, American intelligence agencies believe that the specifics of the Memorandum of Understanding, set to be signed on Friday, won’t actually impact Iran’s ability to close the strait to traffic.
“We have now handed Iran de facto control over the strait – a weapon more powerful than any nuke,” one of the sources familiar with the US intelligence assessments told CNN, emphasizing how the war has fundamentally altered Tehran’s thinking about leveraging similar tactics in the future.
A senior US official told CNN that under the MOU, Iran won’t benefit from any concessions unless the strait is open, even if the rest of the agreement is respected.
And here’s some more context:
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