Trump claims deal with Iran has been signed

US President Donald Trump has claimed that the deal between the United States and Iran to end the war has already been signed. Although both sides had previously said that the agreement would be signed at a formal ceremony in Geneva on Friday (June 19). Meanwhile, although the details of the agreement have not yet been released, oil prices have already started to fall and global stock indices have seen a rise.

According to Reuters, US President Donald Trump spoke to reporters before his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in France before the G-7 summit. There, he said, "The deal with Iran has been completely signed."

At that time, Trump raised several other issues. He said that Iran will never own a nuclear weapon. According to him, oil prices are falling and the stock market is rising, which is very important.

Trump said that he may or may not attend the formal agreement signing ceremony next Friday. He said the full text of the Iran deal would be released sometime after Friday.

He also said no sanctions would be lifted until Iran fulfilled its commitments. Trump also claimed that the Strait of Hormuz would be fully open by Friday.

In a separate report, Reuters reported that US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran's parliament and head of the negotiating team, have already signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the Gulf war, a US official said.

However, there was no immediate response from Tehran to the claim. Earlier, various reports from both sides said that the agreement would be signed at a formal ceremony in Geneva next Friday.

Although the memorandum of understanding was finalized after more than two months of negotiations, its terms have not yet been made public. The US official, who did not want to be named, said that the terms of the agreement could be announced within the next 24 to 48 hours.

Oil prices fell on hopes that the deal would ease disruptions to global energy supplies. At the same time, stock markets around the world rose, with some indexes hitting new records.

Trump had previously said that the Strait of Hormuz would be opened next Friday. But on Monday, he claimed that shipping had already begun. On the other hand, the US military has told ship owners that the blockade imposed on Iranian ports has not yet been lifted.

According to the descriptions of both sides, the deal will reopen the blocked Strait of Hormuz and extend the existing ceasefire for another 60 days. During this period, controversial issues such as the future of Iran's nuclear program are expected to be discussed.

J.D. Vance told CBS News that if Iran fulfills the terms of the deal and gives up its nuclear materials, it could eventually gain access to up to $300 billion in reconstruction funds. The funds will come from Gulf Arab countries.

However, the future of the deal could depend largely on the situation in Lebanon. In addition to launching a war against Iran in February, Israel has also been conducting operations against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Iran has said that the terms of the initial agreement call for a ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon. Security sources said that fighting in southern Lebanon has eased somewhat since the agreement was announced, but has not stopped completely.