US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US has “ended the war with Iran” and the peace deal will be signed soon in Europe. However, there is no confirmation from Iran in this regard, with the foreign ministry spokesperson stating that the country has not yet reached a final decision on any agreement. The spokesperson said reports of a deal were “merely speculation.”
Trump’s announcement came to The New York Post in what it described as a brief phone call. “It’s pretty much all wrapped up,” the president said, after reports emerged that Iran had submitted a final draft of a prospective agreement to Qatari mediators Wednesday night.
He later put up a post on Truth Social in this regard: “Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as president of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening.”
“Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others.”
He added that the naval blockade will, however, remain in full force and effect until the “transaction is finalised”. Trump said Vice President JD Vance could attend a signing ceremony in Europe in the coming days.
The US President repeated the claim during a rally supporting Georgia Lt. Governor Burt Jones, who is running for governor. “I don’t know if you heard, but we ended the war with Iran today. They have agreed never to have a nuclear weapon, something that we insisted on; that was the whole purpose. That was 95 per cent of it,” he added.
Iran has not confirmed that an agreement has been reached.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told Iran’s state-run news agency IRNA that reports of a finalised agreement with the United States were “merely speculation”, adding that Tehran had not yet made a final decision on any deal.
“From the beginning, the status of the negotiations was clear to us, and a large portion of the text had already been finalised. However, the Americans kept changing their positions,” Baghaei said. “So far, Iran has not reached a final decision regarding any agreement,” he said.
He added that Iran had “proven that it does not compromise on what it has defined as its red lines.” “So far, Iran has not reached a final decision regarding any agreement,” he said.
A New York Post report quoting US and regional sources added that Iran finalised its latest draft of a proposed agreement with the US and submitted it to Qatari intermediaries. “The text of the agreement was completed and finalised on Wednesday evening,” according to a regional source familiar with Iranian leadership. “Doha has been in contact with both Iran and the United States to facilitate the agreement.”
“If final approval is granted, the implementation process of the understanding will begin,” the person added.
All the while, Iran and the US were sending missiles at each other.
